chess match

Strategic piece warfare

A chess match is a competitive encounter between two chess players, or a series of games between the same opponents.

A single game may be called a match, but the term often implies a formal contest of multiple games: The world championship match went to fourteen games.

High-profile matches attract significant attention: the Fischer-Spassky match.

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pawn · en passant · king · queen · bishop · knight · rook · gambit · opening · endgame · strategy · board · clock · timer · time pressure · sacrifice · draw · stalemate

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G