Illustration: At a small Japanese community centre, a child and their grandfather play chess across a low table. The board has eight rows of alternating squares and recognizable contrasting chess pieces, including horse-headed knights, crenellated rooks, and crowned kings.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

チェス

chesu

chess

Example sentences

  1. チェスでまた負まけた。

    I lost a chess game again.

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  2. チェスは上手じょうずですか？

    Can you play chess well?

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  3. 私わたしたちはよくチェスをします。

    We often play chess.

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