Glossary

Chess terms and concepts

• Analysis
• Analyst
• Attack
• Blockade
• Blunder
• Capture
• Chessboard
• Closed games
• Defense
• Demarcation line
• Development
• Double attack
• Double check
• En passant
• First-move advantage
• Gambit
• Hanging pawns
• Mad piece
• Minority attack
• Open games
• Opening
• Piece coordination
• Second hand
• Semi-open games
• Time
• Variation
• Waiting move