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(usually ironic) A sophisticated strategy that is far beyond the comprehension of others, in which apparent blunders are simply indicators of yet-to-be-understood brilliance.
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(chess) A pin in which moving away the pinned piece would illegally expose the king to check.
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(chess) A pawn that is on the opponent's side of the board (the fifth rank or higher).
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(chess) A chess opening characterized by the moves e4 Nf6.
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(chess) A formation in which a queen backs up two rooks on the same file.
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(chess) A fairy piece that moves two squares diagonally, leaping over any intermediary pieces.
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(chess, historical) bishop
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A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.
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A misère variant of chess, in which each player attempts to lose all of his/her pieces or to be stalemated.
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(chess) A checkmate pattern in which a rook provides the checkmate to the cornered king while being protected by a knight that also covers the only would-be escape square.
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(game of Go) A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones. In chess, the closest equivalent words would be check, where a king is under attack from one or more pieces and pawns, or the state of being en prise, when a piece or pawn is undefended and can be taken without recapture.
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(chess) The sacrifice of pieces in order to expose the enemy king.
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(chess) A checkmate delivered by a major piece along the back rank against a king whose advancement is prevented by pieces of its own color (most commonly pawns).
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(chess) Of a pawn, further behind than pawns of the same colour on adjacent files and unable to be moved forward safely.
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(chess) A pawn that is unable to advance without being threatened by an enemy pawn and is not defensible by pawns of the same color.
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(go) A lingering weakness in a player’s position in some part of the board, which may trouble them, especially by facilitating a later attack, by hampering their play there or by the effort required to repair it.
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(chess) A bishop that is blocked by the player's own pawns.
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The chess variant invented in 1962 by mathematician Robert Abbott, or any of its descendants, where pieces move alike, but have differing methods of capture.
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(chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
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(chess) A chess opening characterized by the moves 3...b5 in the Benoni Defence.
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(chess) The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
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(chess) A pawn on the bishop's file; i.e., the c-file or f-file.
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(chess) A checkmate pattern in which the king is confined to two squares at an edge of the board and then mated by two doubled rooks.
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(shogi) A piece that can move one step in any direction except forward, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants.
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(chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it
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A board game space and the most expensive real estate property in the predominant U.S. form of Monopoly.
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(chess) A checkmate pattern in which two bishops on criss-crossing diagonals deliver mate while the king is boxed in from the other side, usually by friendly pieces.
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(chess) A chess opening, a form of Indian Defence, characterised by the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+.
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A chess opening in which white's king is advanced to the second rank on the second move, for example, 1.e4 e5 2.Ke2, thus preventing white from being able to castle and allowing black to develop with tempo.
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(gaming) A package of cards or figurines designed to add to a player's collection.
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(chess) A spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves.
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(shogi, chess) A situation in which an indefensible checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move.
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(poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
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(chess) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
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(historical) A rack for holding people's visiting cards.
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(chess) A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 c6, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares and the black king's bishop's pawn advances one square.
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US standard spelling of Caro-Kann Defence. [(chess) A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 c6, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares and the black king's bishop's pawn advances one square.]
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(usually intransitive, chess) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
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(chess) To castle on the queenside.
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(chess) To castle on the kingside.
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(chess) A pawn on the e-file (a king's pawn) or on the d-file (a queen's pawn).
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(chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece. [from 14th c.]
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The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
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(now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.
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Software that plays chess autonomously, i.e. without human guidance.
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(idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another.
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The equipment needed to play chess: a set of chess pieces and a chessboard.
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(chess) Synonym of Fischer random chess.
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(rare) Pertaining to chess.
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(archaic) A player of chess.
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(chess) Alternative spelling of chess piece [(chess) Any of the 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.]
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Abbreviation of check. [(chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece. [from 14th c.]]
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(chess) Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.
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(chess) A file with pawns of both colors on it.
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(countable, chess) Any of the openings which begin in this way. (Queen's Gambit, Stonewall Attack, etc.)
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(computer games, chess) The game of chess involving a computer able to play autonomously, i.e. without human guidance.
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(chess) Any of the pawns in a group of pawns of the same color on adjacent files.
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(chess) A gambit offered by the black (non-starting) player.
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(chess) A checkmate pattern in which a queen, supported by a piece of its same color, is placed diagonally adjacent to the enemy king. The two flight squares that the queen does not control are occupied by pieces of the king's own color.
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(chess) A fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (i.e. not diagonally), leaping over any intermediate piece.
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A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
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(chess) A checkmate delivered by a pawn.
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(chess, uncountable) The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it.
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(chess) An attack revealed when one piece moves out of the way of another.
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(chess) A check by means of a discovered attack against the opponent's king.
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(chess) A pawn that is on the same file as a friendly pawn.
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A piece in the game of draughts (checkers).
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(chess) The phenomenon of draws becoming more prevalent among professional chess players, potentially leading to a loss of popular interest in competitive chess.
adj
(chiefly chess) Being a game, or a particular position in a game, deemed likely to end in a draw.
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(chess) Often in the form Elephant Trap: a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, which is generally only effective against inexperienced players.
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(chess, other games) Synonym of Elo rating
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A metric indicating the relative skill level of a player in zero-sum games such as chess.
adj
(of a capture in chess) Performed by a pawn on an enemy pawn that has just passed over its attack zone.
adj
(chess, of a piece) Undefended, able to be captured.
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(chess) The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
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A chess opening in which white begins by playing 1.c4, moving his queen bishop's pawn to the fourth rank.
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Alternative form of epaulette mate [(chess) A checkmate pattern in which the losing side's king is unable to escape because its two surrounding parallel flight squares are occupied by pieces of its own color. Most commonly occurs with two rooks on the back rank.]
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(chess) A checkmate pattern in which the losing side's king is unable to escape because its two surrounding parallel flight squares are occupied by pieces of its own color. Most commonly occurs with two rooks on the back rank.
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(usually with "the") The loss of a minor piece (typically a bishop or knight) and associated capture of the more advantageous rook.
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(historical) The medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen.
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Alternative form of fers [(historical) The medieval chess piece that developed into the modern queen.]
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(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.
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(chess) A rule in professional chess that a player may declare the game to be a draw after 50 consecutive moves by each side without any capture or pawn movement, usually invoked during an inconclusive endgame.
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(chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
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(transitive, chess) To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
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(chess) An unattacked square to which the king can therefore move, usually in the context of checks.
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(chess) The quickest possible checkmate in the game of chess.
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(chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
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A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 e6, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares and the black king's pawn advance one square.
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US standard spelling of French Defence. [A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 e6, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares and the black king's pawn advance one square.]
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A common chess opening based on the Two Knights' Defence, characterized by the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7, in which white sacrifices its king's knight to gain attacking momentum.
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(chess) An opening in chess in which a minor piece or a pawn is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
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A card used as part of a game, such as a bingo or keno card or a scratch card.
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(chess) A chess gambit arising from the Indian Game characterized by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4.
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(shogi) A shogi piece, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants, that can move one step straight forward or straight backwards.
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(shogi) A piece in shogi that can move one step forward, back, sideways or diagonally forward.
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(chess) An unconventional chess opening in which White immediately moves the king knight's pawn two squares ahead.
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(chess) A file with only pawns of one color on it.
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(chess, of a piece) Unprotected and exposed to capture.
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(chess) Synonym of major piece.
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(chess) A recreational problem in chess in which both sides cooperate to achieve a specific goal.
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(chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in future, control with a friendly pawn.
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(chess) Play that relies on hoping one's opponent blunders or does not find a tactic.
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(chess) The point at which a computer chess algorithm stops searching for further moves.
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(chess) Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.
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A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.d4 Nf6.
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(chess) A group of chess openings characterized by the moves 1. d4 Nf6.
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(chess) The interruption of the line between an attacked piece and its defender by sacrificially interposing a piece.
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(chess) A tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.
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(chess) A queen's pawn with no pawns of the same colour on the adjacent files.
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(chess, of a pawn) Such that no pawn of the same color is in an adjacent file.
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(chess) A pawn that has no friendly pawn on an adjacent file.
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To promote a piece of draughts/checkers that has traversed the board to the opposite side, that piece subsequently being permitted to move backwards as well as forwards.
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(chess) A bishop's pawn on the kingside; i.e., a pawn on the f-file.
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(chess) A knight's pawn on the kingside; i.e., a pawn on the g-file.
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(chess) A pawn on the E file, where the kings start the game.
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A chess opening characterized by the move 1.e4, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares.
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(chess) A rook's pawn on the kingside; i.e., a pawn on the h-file.
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(chess) The side of the chessboard nearest to the king (at the opening position).
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(especially chess) Towards a king
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(chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
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(chess) A pawn on the knight's file; i.e., the b-file or g-file.
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A similar sequence on a board of any size or shape.
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(game of Go) Bonus points given to the white player to compensate for the fact that black plays first.
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A variant of chess in which the player cannot see their opponent's pieces.
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(chess) A checkmate pattern in which two major pieces team up to push the enemy king to one side of the board.
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(chess) A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.
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(game of Go) An empty space next to a group of stones of the same color.
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A small poster (often one of a small set) for a film or play, displayed in the front of house of a cinema or theatre.
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A chess variant played on a 6×6 board without bishops.
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(chess) Space made for a castled king to give it a flight square to prevent a back-rank mate.
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(chess) A pawn formation, primarily played against the Sicilian Defence, characterized by white pawns on c4 and e4, with White's d-pawn having been exchanged for Black's c-pawn.
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(chess) All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard.
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In the game of go, the situation where two plays are available such that if one player takes one, the opponent will take the other one. The term applies most commonly when both possibilities give the same result.
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(chess) A bishop or a knight.
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(computer chess) To rapidly adjust the evaluation of a position towards zero, indicating a likely draw.
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(chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
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The Nimzo-Indian Defence.
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A chess opening, a form of Indian Defence, characterised by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4.
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A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 Nc6, in which the white king's pawn advances two squares and the black queen's knight advances to the bishop file.
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(chess) The only move to maintain the current evaluation of the position.
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(chess) A file with no pawns of either color on it.
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(uncountable) A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5, in which both White and Black move their king's pawn to the fourth rank with their first move.
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The first few moves in a game.
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(chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
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(chess) A square protected by a pawn that is in or near the enemy's stronghold.
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A passed pawn that is near the edge of the board and far away from other pawns.
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A full set of playing cards
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(games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
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(chess) A pin where a rook or queen is pinned along a file, or a bishop or queen is pinned along a diagonal.
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(chess) A pawn that has passed beyond enemy pawns on its own or adjacent files, and that hence has a clear run to the first or eighth rank.
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(chess, informal, derogatory) Synonym of woodpusher: a bad player.
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(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
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A pawn advance to a square attacked by an enemy pawn, with the intent of opening the position or challenging the opponent's pawn structure.
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(chess) A locked diagonal formation of pawns, each one supported by a friendly pawn diagonally behind and blocked by an enemy pawn directly ahead.
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(chess, informal) A situation in which four of one player's pawns are positioned on adjacent files and adjacent ranks forming a 2x2 square.
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(chess) A group of pawns of the same color side by side, without any pawn of the same color diagonally adjacent to them.
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(chess) A situation where both opponents are pushing (moving forward) a passed pawn in an effort to be the first to promote.
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(chess) A tactic in which several pawns are moved in rapid succession toward the opponent's defenses.
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Obsolete spelling of pawn [(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.]
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(chess) To move a piece past the defending pieces of one's opponent.
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(chess) A draw forced by one player by putting the opponent's king in a potentially infinite series of checks.
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A chess opening beginning 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6.
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Alternative form of Petrov Defence [A chess opening beginning 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6.]
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(games) A rule used in certain strategy games for the purpose of fairness, where immediately after the first player's initial move the opposing player may optionally switch, taking over the first player's role and position for the rest of the game.
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(chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished from a pawn; by extension, a similar counter etc. in other games.
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(chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
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(chess) An opening characterised by Black responding to 1.e4 with 1...d6 and 2...Nf6, followed by ...g6 and ...Bg7, while allowing White to establish an impressive-looking centre with pawns on d4 and e4.
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(chess) A sacrificial move in chess which is played with the intention of fatally interfering with the opponent's combination attacking or defensive position.
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(countable) A small card representing an amount of money, used for betting in casinos; a sort of gaming chip.
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(artificial intelligence, combinatorial game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
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(neologism, chess) The total number of moves in a game, counting each player's move as 1.
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(chess) An unprotected pawn whose capture would be a losing move for the capturing player.
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A common chess opening beginning with the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3.
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(chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
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(chess) A variant of the Reti Opening in which white moves its queen's rook pawn to a4 on the third move (1. Nf3 d5 2. a4).
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(online chess) Registering a move during the opponent's turn which will automatically be played when it's your turn.
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(chess) tactics that depend on pawn structure
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(transitive, chess) To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
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(chess) Transformation of a pawn into a piece (by reaching the opponent's back rank).
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(chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.
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Something resembling a sacrifice that is not a true sacrifice, especially (chess) an offer of material made at no risk, since acceptance would lead to the gain of equal or greater material or checkmate.
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(chess) The Queen's Gambit Accepted opening.
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(chess) Initialism of queen's rook's pawn. [(chess) A rook's pawn on the queenside; i.e., a pawn on the a-file.]
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(chess) A bishop's pawn on the queenside; i.e., a pawn on the c-file.
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(chess) A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6.
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(chess) A knight's pawn on the queenside; i.e., a pawn on the b-file.
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(chess) A pawn on the queen's file; i.e., the d-file.
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A chess opening characterized by the move 1.d4, in which the white queen's pawn advances two squares as the first move.
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(chess) A rook's pawn on the queenside; i.e., a pawn on the a-file.
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(chess) The promotion of a pawn to a queen.
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(chess) A square on the first or eighth rank which a pawn may reach in order to become a queen (or other major piece).
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(chess) The side of the chessboard nearest to the queen (at the opening position).
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(chess) A move that does not attack or capture an enemy piece.
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(chess) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
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(chess) A chess puzzle in which white, moving first, must force black to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves.
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(chess) A pin in which moving away the pinned piece would allow capture of a piece other than the king.
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(archaic, chess) A draw.
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(chess) A passed pawn that is too far away from the enemy king to be caught by it before queening.
adj
(chess) Completely lost.
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(chess) A chess puzzle in which a number of moves are retracted and the solver is challenged to reach an alternate outcome.
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(chess) The move of a piece from a threatened position.
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(chess) A piece, such as the rook or bishop, which moves any distance in one direction, as long as no other piece is in the way.
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(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
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(chess) A tactic in which a rook is moved off the back rank to a position past its pawns.
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(combinatorics) A generating polynomial of the number of ways to place non-attacking rooks on a generalized form of chessboard.
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(chess) A pawn on the rook's file; i.e., the a-file or h-file.
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(chess) A move in which a piece or pawn attacks the opposing king and queen simultaneously.
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(chess) A common chess opening, an Open Game characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5, in which White moves king's bishop to the fifth rank.
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(transitive, chess) To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board.
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A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 d5, in which both the white king's pawn and the black queen's pawn advance two squares as the first moves.
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(chess) The checkmate which occurs shortly after the opening, when the white queen checkmates by taking the black pawn on f7 (or the black queen taking the white pawn on f2), protected by a bishop on c4 (or c5).
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(chess, informal, the Scotch) The opening 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4.
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A common Open Game in chess, characterized by the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4, in which white's third move is queen's pawn to the forth rank.
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(go) In the game of Go, a state of impasse where neither player can benefit from playing in a location
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(chess) A chess problem in which the white player, moving first, must force the black player to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves.
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A chess game in which the queen's pawn advances two spaces in the first ply move, but not in the second ply move.
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(chess) A half-open file.
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A type of chess opening, in which White plays 1.e4 (moves their king's pawn to the fourth rank with their first move) and Black breaks symmetry by replying with a move other than 1...e5.
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(mathematics) A queen (chess piece) that can only move or attack in one (but not the opposing) direction
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Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.
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A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 c5, in which both the white king's pawn and the black king's bishop's pawn advance two squares as the first moves.
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US standard spelling of Sicilian Defence. [A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 c5, in which both the white king's pawn and the black king's bishop's pawn advance two squares as the first moves.]
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(shogi) A shogi piece, used in chu shogi and larger variants, which has range movement to the sides and can take one step forward or back.
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(shogi) A piece in shogi that can move one step in any diagonal direction or straight forward.
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(chess) A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece.
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A chess gambit in response to the Sicilian defence, beginning with the moves 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3.
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Alternative form of smothered mate [(chess) A checkmate, delivered by a knight, in which the mated king is unable to move because he is surrounded (or smothered) by his own pieces.]
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(chess) A checkmate, delivered by a knight, in which the mated king is unable to move because he is surrounded (or smothered) by his own pieces.
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(chess) Synonym of Ruy Lopez
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A chess opening deriving from the Petrov Defence (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6) after which black gives up its king's pawn and plays the queen's knight to the C file (3. Nxe5 Nc6), especially when followed by (4. Nxc6 dxc6).
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(chess, uncommon) A stalemate; a stalemated game.
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(chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
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(chess) A form of chess piece now mandated for most chess competitions which were first designed by Nathaniel Cook and sold in 1849 and named for Howard Staunton, the best player of the time
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(chess) A goal to be achieved in a chess problem; for example, to checkmate Black within a specified number of moves.
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(chess) A formation in chess (a variation of the Queen's Pawn Game) in which white plays pawns to d4 and several other positions, requiring black to react energetically (see Stonewall Attack).
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(chess) A heavily defended square on the chessboard.
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(chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
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(chess) A checkmate pattern in which a bishop "suffocates" the enemy king (by taking away its flight squares), while a knight delivers checkmate.
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(chess) Synonym of selfmate
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(chess) A position in the opening of a game that occurs after a sequence of moves that is heavily standardized, and from which the players have many possible moves again.
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(chess) A computerized database that contains precalculated exhaustive analysis of a chess endgame position, typically used by a computer chess engine during play.
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A player of tabletop games.
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(bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
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(shogi, chess) A situation in which a checkmate sequence will be created by the player's next move but can be thwarted with a proper defense.
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(shogi) A promoted pawn.
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(chess) The rule, in chess, that a piece touched must be moved or captured if possible.
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(chess) The rule stating that, if a player intentionally touches a piece when it is their turn, they must move or capture the piece if it is legal to do so.
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(chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.
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(countable, chess) A delaying move in which the king moves in a triangular path to force the advance of a pawn.
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(chess) A pawn that is on the same file as two friendly pawns.
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Alternative form of Two Knights' Defence [A common chess opening, characterized by the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6, in which black brings out both knights.]
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Alternative form of Two Knights' Defence [A common chess opening, characterized by the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6, in which black brings out both knights.]
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A common chess opening, characterized by the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6, in which black brings out both knights.
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Alternative form of Two Knights' Defence [A common chess opening, characterized by the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6, in which black brings out both knights.]
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(chess) The quickest possible checkmate; the fool's mate.
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(chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn that has crossed the board) to a less powerful piece than a queen, sometimes strategically useful.
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(chess) Promotion of a pawn to a piece other than a queen.
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A chess opening characterized by the move e4 that can turn into many opening variations, this opening is uncommon because it is considered a move that wastes a tempo (for the white's pieces).
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(chess) A fairy chess piece that can only be moved one space up, down, left or right.
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(chess) A move that is not tactical except in that it puts the burden to move on the opposing player.
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(chess) In the endgame, a rook pawn that is unable to promote under the protection of a bishop, because the promoting square is of the color the single friendly bishop cannot control.
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(chess) A situation in which a player is forced to make a disadvantageous move.
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(chess, rare) A zwischenzug that is a check.
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(chess) A tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.
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