Western chess

Western chess (uncountable)

1. Synonym of chess.
   • 1890, Thomas B. Rowland, Frideswide F. Rowland, Chess Player's Annual and Club Directory‎^[1], 4 edition, page 23:

     The want of a queen, and the limited moves of the men, restrict the combination in the Chinese game more than in the Western chess, but it has its own elements of skill.

   • 1969, Kurt Rosenwald, edited by Charles Monaghan, Book World‎^[2], volume 3, numbers 27–52, page 2:

     There may be a combination with Chinese chess, which differs both from Western chess and the Japanese version (shogi). The Chinese chessboard has a river in the middle, so this may have been a map at one time.

   • 2017, Jean-Louis Cazaux, Rick Knowlton, A World of Chess: Its Development and Variations Through Centuries and Civilizations, McFarland, →ISBN, page 118:

     [The] Deputy General ... travels an unlimited number of free intersections orthogonally (in rows and columns), exactly like the Chariot in regular xiangqi or the Rook of Western chess.

• Typically used to distinguish from similar games such as Indian chess, janggi (Korean chess), shogi (Japanese chess) and xiangqi (Chinese chess); compare international chess.