How do you say chess in Yiddish?
— שאך (שפיל)

Examples of category for chess in Yiddish
bishopביסקופּ (m) (biskup)
blackשװאַרץ (shvarts)
forkגאָפּל (m) (gopl)
horseפֿערד (n) (ferd)
kingקיניג (m) (kinig)
pinשפּילקע (shpilke) (f)
whiteווייס (vais, wajss)