skill

placing one's forces; arraying one's army / (competition) lineup

to place one's forces; to array one's army

chess (specifically Western chess as opposed to shōgi)

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

Horse / Piece of Chess

(rare) foal, young horse (or generally) horse / (shogi, chess) piece, man / someone controlled by another: a pawn, a puppet

Synonym of チェスターフィールドコート (Chesutāfīrudo kōto, “Chesterfield coat”)