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Chess Vocabulary

Across
Squares running from side to side.
An opening where one player sacrifices for an advantage.
Describes pieces worth more than 3 pts: rooks and queens.
Describes an unprotected piece.
Refers to the amount of valuable pieces a player captures or has left on the board.
Describes the half of the board where the kings' original squares are positioned.
A path for movement that is not blocked by any pawns.
Describes a pin where the piece shielded by the pinned piece is a king.
A written record of chess moves according to a grid system.
Squares running from top to bottom
Describes when a piece moves and uncovers an attack on an enemy piece.
Describes the four squares in the middle of the board.
___ Check: Describes a situation in which one player can force a draw by an unending series of checks.
When your pawn reaches the other side of the board and changes into a higher value piece.
Down
To put an opponent's piece in danger of capture.
This is formed to block off squares from your opponent's king.
The science and art of effectively manoeuvering your pieces.
The points allocated to a piece.
____ -Rank Checkmate: A checkmate on the row where a king's original square is.
When one piece attacks two or more enemy pieces at the same time.
When you take 2 moves to accomplish what can be done in 1 move, you've lost a _____.
____ Move Rule: When both sides have made 50 consecutive moves w/o a capture or pawn move. Results in a draw.
It's when you capture a piece and your opponent recaptures.
An attack on a piece which, if it tries to move, leaves a more valuable piece open to capture.
A deliberate loss of material in return for advantage.
Describes the half of the board where the queens' original squares are positioned.
An attack on a valuable piece, which when it moves leaves a second piece open to capture.
The beginning moves in a game.
When you distract a piece from defending another piece or square.
To structure your pawns and minor pieces during opening moves for later advantage.
Describes pieces worth 3 pts: knights and bishops.