check
noun (CHESS) /tʃek/Definition
in check specialized › If your king is in check in the game of chess, it is being directly attacked by the other player: Your king is in check from my knight. → See also checkmateChess give check specialized › In chess, to give check is to directly attack the other player's king: I think I should have given check at move 23 instead of trying to find a safer square for the rook.Chess › specialized In chess, if you directly attack the other player's king, you usually say check.Chess
(Definition of check noun (CHESS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- move noun (CHANGE OF POSITION)
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