| Chess need | 10 |
| Chess objective | 15 |
| Chess opening | 13 |
| Chess opening ___ Lopez | 23 |
| Chess opening? | 14 |
| Chess or bridge ranking | 23 |
| Chess or charades | 17 |
| Chess or checkers | 17 |
| Chess or checkers pieces | 24 |
| Chess org. | 10 |
| Chess outcome | 13 |
| Chess pawn, in Cádiz | 23 |
| Chess pawns, e.g. | 17 |
| Chess pc. | 9 |
| Chess pcs. | 10 |
| Chess piece | 11 |
| Chess piece belonging to a member of a fraternal order? | 55 |
| Chess piece between dame and fou | 32 |
| Chess piece between le fou and la dame | 38 |
| Chess piece that can't move diagonally | 42 |
| Chess piece that starts on its opposite color square | 52 |
| Chess piece that takes another | 30 |
| Chess piece usually moved first | 31 |
| Chess piece within reach? | 25 |
| Chess piece's move? | 23 |
| Chess piece, abbr. | 18 |
| Chess piece, at times | 21 |
| Chess piece, casually | 21 |
| Chess piece/Monopoly piece choice? | 34 |
| Chess piece: Abbr. | 18 |
| Chess pieces | 12 |
| Chess pieces and board, e.g. | 28 |
| Chess pieces that can jump others: Abbr. | 40 |
| Chess pieces to Alan and Larry? | 31 |
| Chess pieces, informally | 24 |
| Chess pieces: abbr. | 19 |
| Chess play | 10 |
| Chess player accidentally pushes pawn, gets charged with ... | 60 |
| Chess player Arpad or the rating system he developed | 52 |
| Chess player's ''Way to go!'' | 49 |
| 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 |