[chess] n [ME ches, fr. MF esches, acc. pl. of eschec check at chess--more at check] (14c): a game for
2. players each of whom moves 16 pieces according to fixed rules across a checkerboard and tries to checkmate the opponent's king
[2]chess n [origin unknown] (1736): a weedy annual bromegrass (Bromus secalinus) widely distributed as a weed esp. in grain; broadly: any of several weedy bromegrasses