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Language of Chess

Chess has been known as a tool of military strategy, and has developed overtime to have its own terms---language. Do you know your chess language?
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SonyVondern
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Last updated: December 27, 2024
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First submittedDecember 26, 2024
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The king is in check and has no legal moves
Checkmate
The king is not in check and has no legal moves
Stalemate
A tactic where an attacking piece holds an enemy piece down. This enemy piece exposes a high-value piece [usually a king or queen] when moved
Pin
The opposite of the above, where a valuable piece is attacked and exposes an undefended or lower-value piece when moved
Skewer
A special move where if a pawn moves two spaces, an enemy pawn can take it as if it moved only one space
En Passant
A move where the bishop is developed on the second or seventh rank to eye a long diagonal
Fianchetto
A move where a piece attacks two pieces simultaneously
Fork
A type of checkmating pattern where a rook or queen slides down to the end ranks, checkmating the king
Back Rank Checkmate
When two or more pieces' attacking lines line up together on the same rank, file, or diagonal
Battery
A move where a player sacrifices a piece for a better position. King's, Queen's, and Stafford are some of the most popular
Gambit
Most standard way to record moves, using coordinates for the 64 squares
Algebraic Notation
A move, usually a sacrifice, to serve as a decoy to trick the enemy and gain an advantage
Attraction
A move that is represented by '??'
Blunder
A move that is represented by '!!'
Brilliant Move
A situation where the player has no good moves. In other words, any move the player makes will worsen their position
Zugzwang
A tactic where instead of playing an expected move, a player makes a threat which could be answered, and only then can the expected move be played
Zwischenzug
Space made for the king to prevent #8 checkmate, usually via pawn
Luft
Pieces on the board and their values
Material
Where the king and rook move simultaneously
Castle
A forfeit from a game due to a lost position
Resignation
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6 Comments
LuckyCat
+1
Level 72
Dec 26, 2024
I think a little more time is needed, maybe a minute or two. Also, you don't need to use html when underlining something in the hint column :)

Other than this its a nice quiz!

SonyVondern
+1
Level 76
Dec 26, 2024
I did some tinkering!
KiloNova
+1
Level 61
Dec 26, 2024
Great quiz!

'Resign' as a type-in for resignation?

SonyVondern
+1
Level 76
Dec 26, 2024
Well, it does ask for the noun form of "resign," and if I did, it would fill in the whole word.
CardinalSin
+1
Level 82
Dec 27, 2024
For Qn 17, I think you should allow "flight square".
SonyVondern
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Level 76
Dec 27, 2024
I figured...
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