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Definition 2024

chess_player

chess player

See also: chessplayer

English

Noun

chess player ‎(plural chess players)

A human or computer that can play the game of chess, i.e. a player skilled in the game of chess.

Translations

a person who plays chess

Albanian: shahist (sq) m
Armenian: (male) շախմատիստ (hy) ‎(šaxmatist), (female) շախմատիստուհի ‎(šaxmatistuhi)
Basque: xakelari
Belarusian: шахматы́ст m ‎(šaxmatýst), шахматы́стка f ‎(šaxmatýstka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 棋手 (zh) ‎(qíshǒu), 棋士 (zh) ‎(qíshì)
Czech: šachista m, šachistka f
Dutch: schaker (nl) m, schaakster (nl) f
Esperanto: ŝakisto
Faroese: telvari m, talvleikari m

French: joueur d’échecs (fr) m, joueuse d’échecs f
Galician: xadrecista (gl)
German: Schachspieler (de) m, Schachspielerin (de) f
Irish: ficheallaí m, imreoir fichille m
Kalmyk: шатрч ‎(şatrç)
Portuguese: (Brazil) enxadrista (pt) c, (Portugal) xadrezista (pt) c
Russian: шахмати́ст (ru) m ‎(šaxmatíst), шахмати́стка (ru) f ‎(šaxmatístka)
Spanish: ajedrecista (es) m, f
Finnish: shakinpelaaja