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antichess

antichess noun: a misère variant of chess, in which each player attempts to lose all of their pieces or to be stalemated.

Noun

antichess (uncountable)

  1. A misère variant of chess, in which each player attempts to lose all of their pieces or to be stalemated.

Origin of antichess

From anti- + chess.

Questions about antichess

What does antichess mean?
Antichess means a misère variant of chess, in which each player attempts to lose all of their pieces or to be stalemated.
What part of speech is antichess?
Antichess is a noun.

Words near antichess in the dictionary

  1. anticheats
  2. antichemical
  3. antichemism
  4. antichemotactic
  5. antichemotaxis
  6. antichess
  7. antichicken
  8. antichild
  9. antichildren
  10. antichimeric
  11. antichimpanzee

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