Flier featuring chess piece and chess player, we hear? (10)
I believe the answer is:
kingfisher
'flier' is the definition.
(kingfisher is a kind of birdanimal)
'chess player we hear?' is the wordplay.
'chess player' becomes 'king' (king is a kind of chess piece).
'we hear?' becomes 'fisher' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'king'+'fisher'='KINGFISHER'
'featuring chess piece and' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kingfisher that I've seen before include "Brightly-coloured bird" , "flyer" , "Colourful river bird" , "Colourful riverside bird" , "big-headed beaky type" .)