Chess vs. Skittles

Chessnoun

A board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

Skittlesnoun

plural of skittle

Chessnoun

Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

Skittlesnoun

A pub game in which a ball is rolled down a wooden alley in order to knock down as many of the nine skittles as possible.

Chessnoun

One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

Skittlesnoun

An informal form of chess played without a clock.

Chessnoun

A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns.

Skittles

An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.

Chessnoun

A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; - called also cheat and Willard's bromus.

Skittlesnoun

bowling down an alley at a target of nine wooden pins

Chessnoun

weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

Chessnoun

a game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king

Chessnoun

a board game of strategic skill for two players, played on a chequered board on which each playing piece is moved according to precise rules. The object is to put the opponent's king under a direct attack from which escape is impossible (checkmate).

Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive board game played between two players. It is sometimes called Western or international chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi.