How to pronounce chess
Listen to chess in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“chess” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 96 American · 44 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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two chess chess what's it called chess board chess board places I couple of Chess places
British Library · hear it here
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Uh it's chess the game of chess.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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chess playing then you're a chess master.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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finish playing chess they go home and play more chess can the best chess player in
60 Minutes · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of chess. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.