all-play-alladj.n.
/ˌɔːl pleɪ ˈɔːl/, U.S. /ˌɔl ˌpleɪ ˈɔl/, /ˌɑl ˌpleɪ ˈɑl/ Chess.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating a chess tournament in which each of the players plays each of the others in turn.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [adjective] > type of game or match
blindfold1790
simultaneous1883
over-the-board1924
all-play-all1952
Swiss1953
1952 Brit. Chess Mag. 72 279 The tournament should be all play all rather than in sections.
1965 Listener 29 Apr. 651/1 The most popular method of deciding a large tournament is now the Swiss system, a hybrid of the conventional all-play-all event and a knock-out.
1991 Chess Post Apr. 17 Entry may be made at any time and all-play-all groups (one game against each opponent) are started whenever sufficient entries..are received.
2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 June viii. 12/5 This laid-back stance paid off for him: he lost no games..[and] finished with a 7-2 score in the nine-round, all-play-all competition.
B. n.
An all-play-all tournament.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > type of game or match
match game1857
lightning tournament1902
Swiss1953
all-play-all1956
simul1969
1956 Irish Times 29 Mar. 3/5 The most popular and accurate method of playing these tournaments is an all-play-all, with sections of six or eight players.
1992 Financial Times 11 Apr. ii. 19/6 His strength is analysis and home preparation, so he prefers all-play-alls to the hurly-burly of opens.
2011 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 10 Dec. 46 Saturday also saw the start of the London Chess Classic at Olympia, where the World's top 4 take on England's top 5 players in an 8-round All-Play-All.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.n.1952