This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in
chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...
, 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
This is a list of chess variants. Many thousands of variants exist. The 2007 catalogue ''The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants'' estimates that there are well over 2,000, and many more were considered too trivial for inclusion in the catalogue.
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B
, "lightning"] A
#fast chess, fast form of chess with a very short
time limit, usually three or five minutes per player for the entire game. With the advent of electronic
chess clocks, the time remaining is often incremented by one or two seconds per move.
[Schiller 2003, p. 398]
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, "Protect the Queen!"] An announcement to the opponent that their queen is under direct attack, similar to the announcement of "check". This warning was customary until the early 20th century.
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P
, "to bungle").
[Kaan 2016, p. 19] See also
#woodpusher, woodpusher.
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R
S
, "jumper"] Alternative notation for the
#knight, knight. Used rather than
K, which means
king
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen regnant, queen, which title is also given to the queen consort, consort of a king.
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Chess equipment
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Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...