[f. CHESS sb.1 + -IST.] One skilled in chess; a professed chess-player.
1876. N. Z. Saturday Advertiser, 10 June, 13/3. Under the heading ‘W. and I.’ the ‘chessist’ thus recounts his experience with the Campion [etc.].
1881. Academy, 30 July. Some openings and end-games from the actual play of eminent Eastern chessists.
1886. Leeds Mercury, 13 Dec. Meeting of Chessists in Dewsbury.
