How do you say chess in Sanskrit?
— चतुरङग (ćaturaṅga)

Examples of category for chess in Sanskrit
blackकृष्ण (kṛṣṇa)
castleदुर्ग (durg)
horseअश्व (m) (áśva); घोटक (m) (ghoṭaka); तुरग (m) (turá-ga); अर्वन् (m) (árvan); हय (m) (háya)
kingराजा (m) (rājā); केसरी (m) (kesarī)
queenराज्ञी (f) (rājñī)
whiteश्वेत (śveta)