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Cross-check (chess)

Type of move in chess

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Passed pawn

Pawn with no opposing pawns to prevent it from advancing to the eighth rank

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Fortress (chess)

Defensive technique in chess

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Double check

Chess term; a check delivered by two pieces simultaneously

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Tempo (chess)

Turn or single move in chess

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Doubled pawns

Term in chess for pawns of the same color on the same file

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Initiative (chess)

State in chess

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Minority attack

In chess, a strategic pawn minority advancement

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Promotion (chess)

Chess rule

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Swindle (chess)

Chess maneuver

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Time trouble

Concept in chess

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Time control

Mechanism used in chess

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White and Black in chess

Chess convention for first and second player

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Prophylaxis (chess)

Series of moves done by a player to prevent their opponent from taking some action

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Triangulation (chess)

Chess tactic

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Bare king

Chess position where one side has only a king

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Candidate move
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Connected pawns

Two or more pawns of the same color on adjacent files

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Corresponding squares

Feature of chess relating to both kings' positions

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Outpost (chess)

Chess term

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Combination (chess)

Chess tactic

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Compensation (chess)

Concept in chess

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Open file

Term in chess; a file with no pawns of either color on it

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King walk

Chess terminology

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Key square

Term in chess; a square where a player can force some gain if their king occupies it

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Half-open file

Chess terminology

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Stalemate

Situation in chess without a legal move

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Pawn structure

Configuration of pawns on a chessboard

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Opposition (chess)

In chess, when two kings face each other with only one square between them

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Transposition (chess)

Reaching a chess position via an alternative sequence of moves

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Backward pawn

Chess pawn that cannot be safely advanced

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Fast chess

Chess variant with little move time allowed

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Morphy number

Connection distance to Paul Morphy

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Performance rating (chess)

Player-level assessment

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Premove

Online chess move input type

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Exchange (chess)

Chess term for a series of moves in which players capture each other's pieces

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Isolated pawn

Pawn without any friendly pawn on adjacent files

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The exchange (chess)

Chess term for the exchange of a bishop or knight for a rook

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Tarrasch rule

General principle in chess

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Blunder (chess)

Unusually bad move in chess

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