Question

veena plays chess is transitive or intransitive verb

Answer 1

It's Intransitive Verb...
As there is no helping verb...

Answer 2

Veena plays chess is the example is following - transitive verb.

The transitive verb takes the direct objects.

Here chess is the direct object.

Most of the verbs are transitive verbs.

On the other hand, intransitive verb does not take direct objects.

Some of the verbs can act as both of the transitive and intransitive verb i.e. run.