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chess

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 25.11.2024

Meanings

kahe isiku sportlik lauamäng, milles kumbki mängija liigutab 16 malendit kindlatele mängureeglitele vastavalt 64 heleda ja tumeda ruuduga laual

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 630311 Last modified 14.10.2022
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Domain classified botany
rukkiluste preferred
rye brome
chess
chess brome
ryebrome
bromegrass
  • kõrreliste sugukonda arvatud taimeliik
rukkiluste preferred
karukaer
rye brome
chess
chess brome
ryebrome
bromegrass
cheat
ruiskattara

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 737420 Last modified 05.06.2019
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Domain Sports - Games - Leisurehobbiessociety games
  • kahe isiku sportlik lauamäng, milles kumbki mängija liigutab 16 malendit kindlatele mängureeglitele vastavalt 64 heleda ja tumeda ruuduga laual
  • sportlik lauamäng, mida mängivad 2 mängijat 64-ruudulisel laual (pooled ruudud heledad, pooled tumedad) 32 malendiga (ühel mängijal 16 heledat, teisel 16 tumedat malendit)
  • one of the oldest and most popular board games, played by two opponents on a checkered board with specially designed pieces of contrasting colours, commonly white and black
  • 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
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  • White moves first, after which the players alternate turns in accordance with fixed rules, each player attempting to force the opponent’s principal piece, the King, into checkmate—a position where it is unable to avoid capture.
male
Usage examples
  • Spordialade koefitsiendid: 1) fitness, jõutõstmine, kabe, kulturism, male, orienteerumine, tõstesport - koefitsient 0,7; ...
chess
Usage examples
  • Chess first appeared in India about the 6th century AD and by the 10th century had spread from Asia to the Middle East and Europe.

Huviharidussõnastik

ID 753493 Last modified 10.05.2024
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Domain mängsport

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