| Chess player's "I win" | 36 |
| Chess player's cry | 22 |
| Chess player's curious deduction? | 37 |
| Chess player's octet | 24 |
| Chess player's starting tactic | 34 |
| Chess players take them | 23 |
| Chess plays | 11 |
| Chess ploy | 10 |
| Chess position | 14 |
| Chess problem caption | 21 |
| Chess problem specification | 27 |
| Chess problem specifications | 28 |
| Chess problems having two solutions | 35 |
| Chess queen, ironically | 23 |
| Chess ranking system that is also used in MLB | 45 |
| Chess ranks, really | 19 |
| Chess rating system | 19 |
| Chess rating system named for its creator | 41 |
| Chess rating that shows the player's strength | 49 |
| Chess result, sometimes | 23 |
| Chess row | 9 |
| Chess sacrifice | 15 |
| Chess segment with few pieces on the board | 42 |
| Chess side | 10 |
| Chess skill rating system | 25 |
| Chess soldier | 13 |
| Chess soldiers | 14 |
| Chess stages | 12 |
| Chess standoff | 14 |
| Chess start | 11 |
| Chess stratagem | 15 |
| Chess strategem | 15 |
| Chess tactic that involves attacking two pieces at once | 55 |
| Chess targets | 13 |
| Chess tournament action | 23 |
| Chess turn | 10 |
| Chess turns | 11 |
| Chess units | 11 |
| Chess V.I.P.'s | 18 |
| Chess variant in which the object is to lose all of your pieces | 63 |
| Chess verb | 10 |
| Chess victories | 15 |
| Chess victory | 13 |
| Chess win | 9 |
| Chess wins | 10 |
| Chess word | 10 |
| Chess wrap-up? | 14 |
| Chess's Mikhail | 19 |
| Chess's __ Lopez opening | 28 |
| Chess's ___ Lopez opening | 29 |
| Chess, bridge, etc. | 19 |
| Chess, e.g. | 11 |
| Chess, for example | 18 |
| Chess, for instance | 19 |
| Chess, if Bobby Fischer is your opponent? | 41 |
| Chess, Japanese-style | 21 |
| Chess-game ending | 17 |
| Chess-match phase | 17 |
| Chess-playing computer programs, e.g. | 37 |
| Chess-tournament accessory | 26 |
| Chess-tournament constraint | 27 |
| Chessboard cannon fodder, often | 31 |
| Chessboard castle | 17 |
| Chessboard extremities | 22 |
| Chessboard line | 15 |
| Chessboard pieces | 17 |
| Chessboard row | 14 |
| Chessboards' horizontal rows | 32 |
| Chessgames.com notable | 22 |
| Chessie et al.: Abbr. | 21 |
| Chessman | 8 |
| Chessman, e.g. | 14 |
| Chessman: Abbr. | 15 |
| Chessmaster Mikhail | 19 |
| Chessmaster Spassky | 19 |
| Chessmen | 8 |
| Chessmen that move diagonally | 29 |
| Chessmen that start in the corners | 34 |
| Chessmen, e.g. | 14 |
| Chessmen: abbr. | 15 |
| Chessmen? | 9 |
| Chesspiece | 10 |
| Chest | 5 |
| Chest adornment | 15 |
| Chest ailment | 13 |
| Chest beater | 12 |
| Chest beaters | 13 |
| Chest bone | 10 |
| Chest bump cousin? | 18 |
| Chest cavities | 14 |
| Chest chambers | 14 |
| Chest chaser | 12 |
| Chest component | 15 |
| Chest components | 16 |
| Chest contents | 14 |
| Chest contents, often | 21 |
| Chest covering | 14 |
| Chest decorations | 17 |
| Chest display | 13 |
| Chest down | 10 |