chessic

English

Etymology

From chess +‎ -ic.

Adjective

chessic (not comparable)

1. (rare) Pertaining to chess.
   • 1825, Charles Dibdin, The Chessiad:

     The chessic tribes, peculiar in their gait, / Vary their modes of motion; some march straight, / Direct and forward, some oblique...

   • 1964, Chess Review:

     As we've already announced, your opponent is in the last stages of chessic caries.

   • 1972, Readings in Psychology Today:

     To diagnose your opponent's weaknesses — an over-adventurous style, a dislike for assuming the defensive, overconfidence in certain types of positions, impatience in the endgame, rigidity in choice of openings — requires a psychological as well as chessic analysis.

Synonyms

• scacchic

Derived terms

• chessically