Chessman: alternatives and connections

A game at cards, called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."

In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".

A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.

An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to th…

An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game.

A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.

A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved di…

The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.

The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard.

A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two…

A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned "40 all"), and reverted to…

a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess); "after he saw the latest de…

A game much like hockey, played in an open field; also, the, bent stick for playing the game.

A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, bu…

A move, as at chess or checkers.

Taught by use, practice, or experience, experienced; having facility of operation or performance from practice; knowing and ready from…

That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short w…

Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.