Chess

Chess game, Chessboard, Checkmate

Chess turns conflict into a slow, silent contest where every move sits in plain sight on sixty-four squares. A chess dream often comes when you're thinking several steps ahead, planning a conversation, a career move or how to handle a tricky person. Playing well suggests you rely on your judgment and can keep a cool head under pressure. Feeling like a pawn pushed around the board may show that bigger players are making decisions for you. A board left mid-game hints at a situation you've put on hold without deciding how it ends.

Dream variations

• Being checkmatedSomeone has outmaneuvered you this time. Study how it happened, shake hands and set up the board again.
• Playing chess with a strangerYou're sizing up someone new, and they're doing the same. Play honestly; you'll learn more about each other that way.
• Losing your queenYou've given up something powerful to stay in the game. Make sure the trade was worth it, and build from what's left.
• Pieces moving by themselvesEvents are unfolding without your input. Watch the pattern before you make your next move.

Related symbols

Competition · King · Queen · Puzzle

Dream interpretations are for entertainment.