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chess

Schach

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
chess
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Schach
[1] We spent our days playing chess.
Wir verbrachten unsere Tage damit, Schach zu spielen.
Englisch > Englisch
chess
1. subst. A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
2. subst. (now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
3. subst. (military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.
Deutsch > Englisch
Schach
1. subst. chess (game)
2. subst. check (chess situation in which the king is directly threatened)
3. subst. obsolete form of Schah, t=Persian or, by extension, other Oriental ruler

Aussprache

Beispielsätze

In the court, there were two young fellows, one of eighteen years old, the other of nineteen, who were very fond of playing chess.

Im Hofe waren zwei junge Burschen, der eine von achtzehn, der andere von neunzehn Jahren; die waren dem Schachspiele gar sehr zugetan.
In real life kings are powerful, but in chess they're pretty much worthless.

In Wirklichkeit sind Könige mächtig, aber beim Schach sind sie ziemlich wertlos.
The chess pieces are pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, and king.

Die Schachfiguren sind Bauer, Springer, Läufer, Turm, Dame und König.