chess
part of speech
noun (chess)
meaning for a pupil
1) Chess is a board game for two players with pieces like kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks and pawns on a board of 64 squares. tree →
2) The aim is to trap the other player's king, which is called checkmate. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school maths: a game — games played, players, a chess club, the chessboard has 64 squares (8 rows of 8), a tournament where each plays each other once (handshake counting); counting squares on a board. In everyday life: chess club, playing chess with Grandad, chess online. Phrases: «play chess», «chess club», «chessboard», «chess piece», «checkmate».
examples
- The chessboard has 64 squares. tree →
- 6 children play chess, each plays each other once. tree →
- The chess club has 12 members. tree →
- She won 5 chess games. tree →
- My grandad taught me to play chess. tree →
- A knight in chess moves in an L shape. tree →
- Each player starts with 16 chess pieces. tree →
- It's checkmate, I win! tree →
- One day Mongan and Duv Laca were playing chess in their palace. tree →
note
Uncountable: «play chess», «a game of chess», not «a chess». Maths: a game of the story; in tournaments each pair plays once (handshake counting: 6 players play 15 games). Trap: counting each game twice.
In the corpora
- In chess the aim is checkmate, trapping the king, not capturing everything.
- In chess, learn how each piece moves; the aim is checkmate, not capturing everything.
- In chess the aim is checkmate, trapping the king, not capturing as many pieces as possible.
- Sam wants chess club; Jake says chess is «mid» — Gen Z for boring, nothing special.
- They argue, then Sam goes to chess and Jake to football, and they still sit together at lunch.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «chess» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.