Glossary of chess and Key square

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Glossary of chess and Key square

Glossary of chess vs. Key square

This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. In chess, particularly in endgames, a key square (also known as a critical square) is a square such that if a player's king can occupy it, he can force some gain such as the promotion of a pawn or the capture of an opponent's pawn.

Bobby Fischer

Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion.

Bobby Fischer and Glossary of chess · Bobby Fischer and Key square · See more »

Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.

Chess and Glossary of chess · Chess and Key square · See more »

Chess endgame

In chess and chess-like games, the endgame (or end game or ending) is the stage of the game when few pieces are left on the board.

Chess endgame and Glossary of chess · Chess endgame and Key square · See more »

Corresponding squares

Corresponding squares (also called relative squares, sister squares and coordinate squares) in chess occur in some chess endgames, usually ones that are mostly blocked.

Corresponding squares and Glossary of chess · Corresponding squares and Key square · See more »

Draw (chess)

In chess, a draw is the result of a game ending in a tie.

Draw (chess) and Glossary of chess · Draw (chess) and Key square · See more »

King (chess)

In chess, the king (♔,♚) is the most important piece.

Glossary of chess and King (chess) · Key square and King (chess) · See more »

Opposition (chess)

In chess, opposition (or direct opposition) is the situation occurring when two kings face each other on a rank or file, with only one square in-between them.

Glossary of chess and Opposition (chess) · Key square and Opposition (chess) · See more »

Pawn (chess)

The pawn (♙,♟) is the most numerous piece in the game of chess, and in most circumstances, also the weakest.

Glossary of chess and Pawn (chess) · Key square and Pawn (chess) · See more »

Promotion (chess)

Promotion is a chess rule that requires a pawn that reaches its eighth to be immediately replaced by the player's choice of a queen, knight, rook, or bishop of the same.

Glossary of chess and Promotion (chess) · Key square and Promotion (chess) · See more »

Stalemate

Stalemate is a situation in the game of chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move.

Glossary of chess and Stalemate · Key square and Stalemate · See more »

Triangulation (chess)

Triangulation is a tactic used in chess to put one's opponent in zugzwang (a position when it is a disadvantage to move).

Glossary of chess and Triangulation (chess) · Key square and Triangulation (chess) · See more »

White and Black in chess

In chess, the player who moves first is referred to as "White" and the player who moves second is referred to as "Black".

Glossary of chess and White and Black in chess · Key square and White and Black in chess · See more »

Zugzwang

Zugzwang (German for "compulsion to move") is a situation found in chess and other games wherein one player is put at a disadvantage because they must make a move when they would prefer to pass and not move.

Glossary of chess and Zugzwang · Key square and Zugzwang · See more »