"Five Easy ___," 1970 film

Usage examples of pieces.

A dealer in antiques, he has an anonymous client who is trying to collect the pieces of a very old chess service.

For buried deep within the walls and floor of the abbey are pieces of a treasure of endless fascination: the Montglane Chess Service, once owned by Charlemagne.

Game and its secret from those who might abuse its power, Mireille, Valentine, and the other nuns must brave the Terror that is overtaking France to disperse the pieces throughout the world.

Katherine Neville has created a dazzling puzzle of a book, a novel that follows the twin attempts of the nun Mireille and her modern-day counterpart Cat Velis as they try to trace the invaluable pieces of the Montglane Service.

Though made by Arabic master craftsmen, the pieces bore traces of their Indian and Persian ancestry.

The pieces were selected, and as luck would have it, Garin chose white, giving him the advantage of the first move.

At times it even seemed as if the very pieces carried out the moves of their own accord.

Charles leaped to his feet with a cry, upsetting the board and knocking all the pieces to the floor.

The pieces are all in disarray, and I cannot recall a single move that was made.

Perhaps one day, when history permits it, we shall reassemble the pieces and reveal their dark mystery.

As the Montglane Service contained fewer pieces than the number of nuns at the abbey, no one but the abbess would know which of the sisters had carried away a portion of the service and which had not.

Rising, the abbess lifted two heavy pieces from the board and handed them to the novices.

My patron has already acquired several pieces from the collection, and he wants the complete set.

Her total accomplishment in life was pushing a bunch of wooden pieces around a board.

If he learned that the two cousins not only knew of the Montglane Service, but had helped remove the pieces from the abbey, he would never rest until he discovered more.