| 100% | YOURMOVE | 8 | Reminder to a chess opponent |
| 77% | YOURMOVE | 8 | Words to a chess opponent |
| 70% | ITSYOURTURN | 11 | Reminder to a board game opponent |
| 55% | MATE | 4 | Unfortunate word to hear from a chess opponent |
| 54% | MATE | 4 | End to a chess game |
| 53% | THEBALLSINYOURCOURTROOM | 23 | Reminder to a forgetful judge on bowling night? |
| 53% | PAWNBROKER | 10 | Insurance dealer to a chess player? |
| 52% | PAWN | 4 | What "P" means to a chess player |
| 52% | STAYAFTERSCHOOL | 15 | Go to a chess club meeting, say |
| 50% | MATE | 4 | Ending for "check" or "stale," to a chess player |
| 49% | HORSIE | 6 | Knight, to a young chess player |
| 48% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning end to a game of chess |
| 47% | COUNSELEDCHECK | 14 | Advised a chess player to attack the king? |
| 46% | NINE | 4 | Point value commonly assigned to a queen in chess |
| 45% | MAT | 3 | A wrestler might pin his opponent to it |
| 45% | BISHOPLIFTER | 12 | Chess player about to make a diagonal move? |
| 45% | PASSEDPAWN | 10 | Chess piece with a clear path to promotion |
| 45% | PINGED | 6 | Sent a reminder to |
| 44% | DEEPTHOUGHT | 11 | First chess computer to beat a grandmaster |
| 44% | GAMBIT | 6 | A move in chess used to gain an early advantage |
| 44% | CHECKMATE | 9 | Winning move to end a game of chess |
| 43% | ISOLATES | 8 | Leaves prone to capture, as a pawn in chess |
| 43% | MATE | 4 | "Check" follower to mean a finishing move in chess |
| 42% | GRANDMASTER | 11 | Highest title that can be awarded to a player by world chess organisation FIDE |
| 42% | DEFEAT | 6 | To beat an opponent; a loss in a sporting event |
| 41% | SELF | 4 | Note to ___ (a reminder) |
| 41% | SERVE | 5 | Hit a tennis ball to your opponent to start a point |
| 41% | ARMY | 4 | Navy's opponent in a football rivalry that dates to 1890 |
| 41% | ENDGAME | 7 | Last stage of a chess match, and what each answer to a starred clue literally has |
| 39% | TEE | 3 | To a ___ |