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Western chess en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Synonym of chess.
   • [The] Deputy General ... travels an unlimited number of free intersections orthogonally (in rows and columns), exactly like the Chariot in regular xiangqi or the Rook of Western chess. 2017, Jean-Louis Cazaux, Rick Knowlton, A World of Chess: Its Development and Variations Through Centuries and Civilizations, McFarland, →ISBN, page 118:
   • The want of a queen, and the limited moves of the men, restrict the combination in the Chinese game more than in the Western chess, but it has its own elements of skill. 1890, Thomas B. Rowland, Frideswide F. Rowland, Chess Player's Annual and Club Directory, 4 edition, page 23:
   • There may be a combination with Chinese chess, which differs both from Western chess and the Japanese version (shogi). The Chinese chessboard has a river in the middle, so this may have been a map at one time. 1969, Kurt Rosenwald, edited by Charles Monaghan, Book World, volume 3, numbers 27–52, page 2:

Synonyms

chess