1. [n]  a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
2. [n]  weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

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1. \Chess\, n. [OE. ches, F. ['e]checs, prop. pl. of ['e]chec
   check. See 1st {Check}.]
   A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two
   differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each
   player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two
   castles or rooks, and eight pawns.
   

2. \Chess\, n. (Bot.)
   A species of brome grass ({Bromus secalinus}) which is a
   troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously
   regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very
   slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with
   wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic
   effects; -- called also {cheat} and {Willard's bromus}. [U.
   S.]
   Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright chess,
         soft chess, etc.
   

A two-player game with perfect information.

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See also Internet Chess Server.