(n) :
		
		a two-player 
boardgame played with a board of eight rows of eight squares of alternating colours and 16 
pieces for each player: eight 
pawns, two 
knights, two 
rooks, two 
bishops, a 
queen and a 
king; the aim is to get the opponent's king in a position on the board such that it cannot avoid being captured (the state known as 
checkmate)