The term Chess can refer to:

• Chess, a world-famous board game, sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from other chess variants
• Xiangqi, or Chinese chess
• Chess, a 1986 musical.
• Chess Records, a USA rock and roll and R&B record label
• CHESS, the Australian Clearing House and Electronic Sub-register System.
• CHESS , the Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland
• The River Chess in Buckinghamshire in England. Its name was extracted from the name of the town of Chesham.
• Chess pie