chesser

From chess +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛsə/

chesser (plural chessers)

1. (rare) A chess player.
   • 1877, The Chess Journal, numbers 74-94, page 232:

     Where are those principles of fair play that allow both sides a hearing? that give a move to each player in turn? and what neglect of a chesser's analytical powers to make up your mind and decision from the analysis of the moves only of the Attack, not regarding what the Defense can move in reply?

   • 1979, Chess Life & Review, volume 34, page 4:

     […] a chesser of old, / Won a game in a shower of gold. / His move had the crowd floored, / And coins showered the board. / (They were paying off bets, I am told.)

   • 1989 July, Martin Amis, “Chess is Their Life”, in The Times Literary Supplement:

     Earlier this summer I played Nigel Short, the world number three, at what chessers call a charity ‘simul’, or simultaneous display.