Chess terms

ADJOURN (ED, ING, MENT, MENTS) [To pause a game due to lack of time. It will be resumed at a later time.] ADJUDICATE (D, S) [A judgment made by an impartial person to determine the result of a game] ADJUDICATING ADJUDICATION (S) ADVANCE (D, S) ADVANTAGE (S) ALBINO (S) [A term referring to specific white pawn moves in a problem or study] ALGEBRAIC [Most popular chess notation for recording moves] ARISTOCRAT (S) [A study or problem which has no pawns in the initial position] ATTACK (ED, ING, S) BERLIN (S) [A solid defence in the Ruy Lopez] BIRD [An opening named after 19th English master. The opening move is 1.b3] '''BISHOP (S) BLACK (S) BLINDFOLD (S) BLITZ (ED, ERS, ERS, ES, ING, INGS) BOARD (S)''' BUGHOUSE (S) [See: SIAMESE] CAISSA [The goddess of chess] '''CAPTURE (D, S) CASTLE (D, S) CASTLING CENTER''' [The squares d4, d5, e4, e5] '''CHECK (S) CHESS (ES) CHESSBOARD (S) CHESSMAN CHESSMEN CLOCK (S) COOK (ED, S)''' [To find another solution to a problem or study] '''CORNER (S) CORRESPONDENCE''' [A game played through the mail or email] '''COUNTERPLAY DEFENCE (ED, S) DEFEND (ER, ERS, S) DEFENSE (ED, S) DESCRIPTIVE''' [An old fashioned notation used in English speaking countries until the 1980s] '''DEVELOP (MENT, S) DIAGONAL (LY, S) DOUBLE (D) DRAGON (S) [A SICILIAN that is characterized by a FIANCHETTOED''' bishop on g7] '''DRAW (ABLE, ING, N, S) DUTCH ECO [Short of Encyclopedia of Chess O'''penings] '''ENDGAME (S) ENDING (S) ENGLISH ENVELOP (S) EPAULETTE (S)''' [A mate occurring when the opposing King is caught on the side of the board with both of his rooks preventing his sideward movement. The opposing queen is in front of the king, one square away, to prevent a diagonal escape and gives the mate.] EXCELSIOR (S) [A pawn that promotes in a problem] '''EXCHANGE (D, S) EXCHANGING EXPERT (S) FAN [An acronym for Figurine Algebraic N'''otation] FEN [Short for Forsyth–Edwards Notation] FIANCHETTO (ED, ING, S) FIDE [International organization of chess, founded in Paris in 1924] '''FILE (S) FINE''' [Famous US player from the 1940’s. Best known work was Basic Chess Endings, often referred to as BCE.] FISCHER [An eccentric American World Champion, 1972-5] '''FLANK (S) FORK (ED, ING, S) FRENCH FROM''' [19th century English master] '''GAMBIT (S) GAME (S) GM [Short for GRANDMASTER''' - ] GRANDMASTER (S) IM [Short for International Master – a title just below GM] INDIAN (S) [Any number of openings occurring after 1.d4 Nf6] '''INTERZONAL ISOLATE (D) KEY (S)''' [Correct first move in a problem] KIBITZ (ED, ER, ES, ING) [Illegal advice given from a spectator.] '''KING (S, SIDE, SIDES) KNIGHT (S) KRIEGSPIEL''' [A variation using 1 referee, 2 players, and 3 boards] MATCH (ES) [A series of games between two players for a championship, a prize, or bragging rights] '''MASTER (S) MATE (D, S)''' [Short for Checkmate] MATING [Short for Checkmating] MINIATURE (S) [(1) A game less than 25 moves long; (2) A problem with less than 7 pieces.] MODERN [An opening] '''NORM (S) NOTATION (S) ODDS''' [Removing pieces or pawns prior to game from the stronger player’s side to make the game more equal.] OLYMPIAD (S) [Held every two years] OPENING (S) [The initial moves made in the beginning of the game] OPPOSITION (S) '''PAIRING (S) PATZER (S) PAWN (S)''' PERPETUAL (S) [Repeating a position on the board. Just before, or at, the third occurrence, of a position, the game can be declared as a draw.] '''PIECE (S) PIN (NED, NING, S) PLAYER (S) PLY POINT (S) POLISH POSITION (AL, S)''' [The arrangement of pieces and pawns on the board] POSTAL [Old term for correspondence chess] '''PROBLEM (S) PROMOTING PROMOTION (S) PROPHYLAXIS QUAD (S) [A four player tournament] QUEEN (ED, ING, S, SIDE, SIDES) RANK (S) RATING (S) RUY LOPEZ''' [A common opening in that follows 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5] '''RESIGN (ATION, ED, ING, S) [To give up a game] ROOK (S) SACRIFICE (D, S) SACRIFICING SCOREPAD (S) SECOND (S)''' [A person who helps and supports a player in preparation and analysis before and during  a tournament or match] '''SET (S) SHORT SIAMESE''' [A variation with two boards, four players, and general mayhem] SICILIAN (S) [An opening that occurs after the moves 1.e4 c5] SIMUL [An exhibition where a strong player plays more than one person at a time] SKEWER (ED, ING, S) SLAV [An opening characterized by 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6] SOZIN (S) [USSR Grandmaster] '''STALEMATE (D, S) STALEMATING STEIN (S)''' [USSR Grandmaster] '''STRATEGIES STRATEGY STUDY (S)''' [An analysis of an actual or composed endgame] SWISS (ES) [A type of tournament] TABIYA (S) [A common position where study or play can commence] '''TACTIC (AL, S) TEMPI TEMPO THEMATIC (S)''' [A tournament where all the opening moves are set] '''TOURNAMENT (S) TRANSPOSITION (AL, S)''' [A sequence of move that changes a recognizable position into another recognizable position. Most common in the opening stages of the game.] TRIPLED [Three pawns of the same color on a single file]''' UNDERPROMOTION (S)''' [Promoting a pawn to Rook, Bishop or Knight to the same color of the promoting pawn] '''UNRATED WALLBOARD (S) WHITE (S) WING (S) ZWISCHENZUG''' [The in-between move] ZUGZWANG (S) [The compulsion to move in chess. Where any move would result in loss of position, material, or game.]