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Chess Terms A-Z

Can you answer these things about chess for each letter of the alphabet?
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KiloNova
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Last updated: January 14, 2025
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Letter
Hint
Answer
A
Leaving a chess game before you've moved
Abort
B
Piece which moves diagonally
Bishop
C
Taking a piece with another, usually by landing on its square
Capture
D
Moving a piece that opens another piece's line of attack
Discovered Attack
E
When the game in its final phase and there are few pieces left on the board
Endgame
F
Attacking two pieces at once with one move
Fork
G
Opening where you sacrifice material to gain an advantage
Gambit
H
Leaving a piece unprotected and free to capture
Hang
I
A pawn that does not have any pawns able to protect it
Isolated pawn
J
Announced when touching a piece without the intention to move it
J'adoube
K
Put this piece in checkmate to win the game
King
L
Using two rooks to push the king to the edge of the board and into checkmate
Ladder mate
M
Usually short for 'checkmate'
Mate
Letter
Hint
Answer
N
Method of recording chess moves
Algebraic notation
O
Excessive amounts of defense on one piece or square
Overprotection
P
Tactic when you attack a piece in a way that moving it would expose a more valuable one
Pin
Q
Chess piece that can move horizontal, vertical, or diagonally
Queen
R
Purposely giving up a game
Resign
S
Tactic where you attack a valuable piece, causing it to expose a less valuable one for capture
Skewer
T
Winning a move by threatening an important piece
Tempo
U
Promoting a pawn to something besides a queen
Underpromotion
V
Chess, with a twist
Variant
W
Side that moves first in a game
White
X
Indirectly controlling a square (due a piece being in between)
X-ray
Y
Opening variation against the Silician Defense
Yugoslav Attack
Z
Tactic where any move that one makes will worsen the position
Zugzwang
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6 Comments
SonyVondern
+2
Level 76
Jan 14, 2025
Some suggestions:

D - Discovery

Y - Yugoslav (omit attack)

YjGMD
+1
Level 57
Jan 14, 2025
I could've definitely gotten more on first attempt. Nice quiz though.
LuckyCat
+1
Level 72
Jan 14, 2025
Same. maybe 1 more minute?

Also some suggestions:

Abandonment could potentially work for A

E hint needs some grammar checks

Instead of saying "a piece" for G, you could say "material" and be general

M question is a little easy, maybe make it about "Masters" in some way?

Maybe put the Y answer in { ___ } so the second word is visible

Overall a very nice quiz!

KiloNova
+1
Level 61
Jan 14, 2025
Some have been added, thanks for the suggestions
Melikesanmarino
+1
Level 60
Jan 20, 2025
Could you make "adjust" be a type-in for j'adoube? Where I live, they speak English so they just say adjust whenever they're adjusting a piece.
KiloNova
+1
Level 61
Jan 20, 2025
Doesn't start with A.
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