chess player

collocation in English

meaningsofchessandplayer

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chess
noun[U]
uk
/tʃes/us
/tʃes/
a game played by two people on a square board, in which each player has 16 pieces that can be moved on the board in ...
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player
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpleɪ.ər/us
/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
someone who takes part in a game ...
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(Definition ofchessandplayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofchess player

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She discovers the papers in his pocket and an experiencedchessplayerexplaint her the matter of the notes.
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Reshevsky never became a truly professionalchessplayer.
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He is considered to have been the world's leadingchessplayerin the 1850s and 1860s.
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It immediately became clear that he was a very talented youngchessplayer, capable of great achievements in his chosen sport.
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Coulson was an excellent cricketer andchessplayer, a warm family man and had a strong sense of humour.
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He is widely considered the greatestchessplayerof all time.
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He was a goodchessplayer, and served on the committees of several clubs.
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Apart from being an eminent mathematician, he was also a goodchessplayer.
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While he was a student he first came to notice as achessplayer.
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He is a goodchessplayer, and also enjoys bezique.
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Many consider him the greatestchessplayerof all time.
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He was a keenchessplayerand an amateur organist of more than average skill.
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He has to think ahead like achessplayer, sketch out possible futures and rewrite them from one moment to the next.
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In this example, someone is behaving somewhat like the ostensibly blunderingchessplayer.
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You had to read their minds as you would read the mind of achessplayer, from the disposition of the pieces on the board.
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The person who is acting in self-defense or who abandons a criminal attempt is like the blunderingchessplayer.
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Unlike thechessplayer, then, selection will tend to favor the best design available under constraints, even if that design fully reveals the constraints under which it was operating.
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It is just the same sort of amateur idea that the youngchessplayerhas, and naval strategy is very much akin to chess.
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It is the game which thechessplayerplays when he meets his opponent anywhere in the world.
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I speak from experience as achessplayerand a cricketer.
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If one was achessplayer, would one not seek an element of surprise?
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There would be gross inequality between the two contestants, and the result, as intended, would be a foregone conclusion—complete victory to the trade unionchessplayer.
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Spanton is also a keen amateurchessplayer.
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Ilya was an amateurchessplayerand loved playing chess with his children.
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Seow was a keen sportsman on the football field and in club sports, a tennis player and achessplayer.
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