This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order. Some of these terms have their own pages, like fork and pin. For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of named opening lines, see List of chess openings; for a list of chess-related games, see List of chess variants; for a list of terms general to board games, see Glossary of board games.
list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossaryofchess problems; for a list of named...
see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms used in chess is general, see Glossaryofchess; for a list ofchess-related games, see List ofchess variants...
of terms used in computer chess. For terms used in chess in general, see Glossaryofchess. For terms used in chess problems, see Glossaryofchess problems...
chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history ofchess...
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preponderance of pawns on the queenside (queenside majority) an advantage because this might be used to create a passed pawn. GlossaryofchessChess strategy...
In chess, by far the most common scoring system is 1 point for a win, ½ for a draw, and 0 for a loss. A number of different notations are used to denote...
Solving chess consists of finding an optimal strategy for the game ofchess; that is, one by which one of the players (White or Black) can always force...
The Encyclopaedia ofChess Openings (ECO) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess, originally published in five volumes from...
ships of the U.S. Navy The Cook (Arcimboldo), a c. 1570 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo An unintended solution in chess problems; see Glossaryofchess problems...
A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game ofchess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one...
World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) is an event held periodically since 1974 where computer chess engines compete against each other. The event is...
Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played...
The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE...
The London System is an opening system in chess where White opens with 1.d4 and develops the dark-squared bishop to f4, then supports the d4-pawn with...
Romantic chess is a style ofchess popular in the 18th century until its decline in the 1880s. This style ofchess emphasizes quick, tactical maneuvers...
simply the Benoni, is a chess opening characterized by an early reply of ...c5 against White's opening move 1.d4. The original form of the Benoni, now known...
A chess set consists of a chessboard and white and black chess pieces for playing chess. There are sixteen pieces of each color: one king, one queen, two...
The Benko Gambit (or Volga Gambit) is a chess opening characterised by the move 3...b5 in the Benoni Defence arising after: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5...
was an American chess player. She was the U.S. Women's Chess Champion in 1959, but not a chess master. She appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated...
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