chess-like

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chess-like (comparative more chess-like, superlative most chess-like)

  1. Alternative form of chesslike.
    • 2023 August 7, Kieran Pender, “Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark”, in The Guardian[1]:
      The pace came off the match as the first half continued, with the occasional frenetic moment down the flanks enlivening what otherwise became a chess-like tactical battle.