scacchicadj.
/ˈskakɪk/ rare.
Of or pertaining to chess.
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scacchic1860
chessy1883
1860 in W. Fiske Chess Tales (1912) 159 Stern old fellows were these scacchic sages! They considered the laws of chess as inviolable as those of the Medes and Persians.
1860 in W. Fiske Chess Tales (1912) 163 Since first the scacchic art was brought from the land of India.
1959 Information Bull. Libr. Congress 27 Apr. 238 The Chess Club has elected the following officers to guide its scacchic destinies during 1959.
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