Chess

chess English Etymology 1 en. Formally it might derive from en enm ches,chesse chess; chess set; chessboard or from en enm chesse (poppy) seed pod. Proper noun + (surname) en. Etymology 2 en Chesham, a town at the head of the river. Proper noun River + 1 en river co/Buckinghamshire and co/Hertfordshire cc/England, which joins the en Colne at en Rickmansworth. Etymology 3 See en chess. Noun - en chess game board game. I 142–144 22 With rival art, and ardor in their mien, / At Cheſs they vie, to captivate the Queen, / Divining of their loves. en 1811 January Military Cabinet The Game of Chess The Hibernia Magazine, and Monthly Panorama,Dedicated to Virtue, Science, and Literature. III Dublin Printed for the proprietors,—at the Hibernia Press,No. 1, Temple-Lane. 289 https://archive.org/details/sim_hibernia-magazine-and-dublin-monthly-panorama_1811-01_3/page/n316/mode/1up 645342295 THE game of Chess is interesting, not only as a means of amusement, but as an exercise of the judgment, and as employment for the understanding. 1860 February w:William Wetmore Story Roba di Roma https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1860/02/roba-di-roma/627638/ V XXVIII 156 https://archive.org/details/atlanticmonthly5186unse/page/156/mode/1up 1 Beside Dominos, Chess (it scacchi Scacchi) is often played in public in the caffès; 1860 June Chess https://web.archive.org/web/20230603110311/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1860/06/chess/627674/ V XXXII 664 https://archive.org/details/atlanticmonthly5186unse/page/664/mode/1up 1 Fabricius favors the idea we have given above, and says, “A celebrated Persian astronomer, one Schatrensehar, invented the game of Chess, and gave it his own name, which it still bears in that country.” en 20 April 2000 gnohmon8715@my-deja.com Worst Grandmaster Ever rec.games.chess.analysis https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.chess.analysis/c/JLDbaHwY29I/m/trE9qn4X6iIJ The weakest USAan GM Grandmaster of (somewhat modern) modern times apparently lost interest in Chess, and spent all his time playing Bridge, especially downstairs at the Marshall. References Anagrams en cehss hESCs