Word List Chess 141 words

Chess Vocabulary Word List (141)

• A

  absolute pin, active, adjudication, adjust, advance, alternative, amateur, analysis, attack, award

• B

  battery, BCF (British Chess Federation), bishop, black, blunder, board, board, Bobby Fischer, books, boys, brilliant, bye

• C

  calculate, capture, castle, castle, challenge, champion, checkmate, chessboard, classic, clever, closed game, clubs, computerized, concede, contest, counterattack

• D

  defense, director, dominate, draw

• E

  edge, emulate, end, enemy, enforce, entertainment, etiquette, event, exhibition, expectations

• F

  file, finish, force, forfeit, friendly game

• G

  gambit, game, game, game clock, girls, Grandmaster

• H

  high-level competition

• I

  illegal, improve

• J

• K

  key square, knight, knockout

• L

  lady, laws, learn, loser, loss, lucky

• M

  matches, mate, men, men, move, move

• N

• O

  observe, offense, open game, opening, opening, oversight

• P

  pairing, passive, PCA, person, piece, plan, player, points, popularity, position, prestigious, professional, public, publications, push

• Q

  qualify, queen, quest, quick-play

• R

  ranking, red, resign, rook, rules

• S

  sacrifice, score, sequence, serious, sixteen, square, stakes, stalemate, stalemate, stalemate, strategy, study, sudden death

• T

  tactics, time, title, tournament

• U

  undermining, unexpected, USCF (United States Chess Federation)

• V

  victory

• W

  waiting, watch, white, win, women, world

• X

• Y

• Z

  zonal tournament

• (

  (Professional Chess Association)