Example Sentences

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Chessmen have marched for hundreds of years across boards in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

May is on the shortlist for The Chessmen, the concluding novel in his series featuring ex-detective inspector Fin Macleod.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2014

He was a member of Denzil Bailey's Afro-Cubists and toured US airbases in the 1950s with the Graham Fleming Combo, later joining 1960s bands such as the Chessmen and Gass.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2012

The Mystery of the Little Norwegian Chessmen A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases strange and charming chess pieces from the Middle Ages.

From Slate • Nov. 23, 2011

There was a good fire burning in this looking-glass grate, but the flames went the other way of course, and down among the ashes, back of the grate, the Chessmen were walking about in pairs.

From Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life by Moses, Belle