Skilful movement of chess piece needing work (9)
I believe the answer is:
manoeuvre
'skilful movement' is the definition.
'manoeuvre' can be an answer for 'movement' (manoeuvre is a kind of movement). I'm not sure about the 'skilful' bit.
'chess piece needing work' is the wordplay.
'chess piece' becomes 'man' (I've seen this in another clue).
'needing' says to put letters next to each other.
'work' becomes 'oeuvre' (an oeuvre is someone's collected works).
'man'+'oeuvre'='MANOEUVRE'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for manoeuvre that I've seen before include "move smartly" , "Carefully contrived scheme" , "Planned movement" , "A co-ordinated movement" , "Military training exercise" .)