Light Bishop | A Bishop which moves on light-coloured squares.... |
Light Piece | Another expression for minor piece.... |
Lightning Chess | Another term for speed or Blitz Chess.... |
Live Chess | Living chessLiving chessThe performance of a Chess game where the pieces are represented by real people.... ... |
Living Chess | The performance of a Chess game where the pieces are represented by real people.... |
Long Castling | Expression sometimes used to describe castling Queen-side.... |
Major Pieces | The Queen and Rooks.... |
Mate | CheckmateCheckmateAn attack against the opponent's King which the King cannot escape.... ... |
Mate | Short for Checkmate. When a King cannot avoid capture.... |
Material | The total value in points of a player's pieces on the Chessboard.... |
Mating Attack | An attack, which aims to Checkmate the King.... |
Mating Sacrifice | A material sacrifice made to achieve Checkmate.... |
Middlegame | The second phase of the game following the opening.... |
Miniature | A short game usually 20 moves or less. ... |
Minor pieces | The Bishops and Knights.... |
Open file | A file cleared of Pawns.... |
Opening | The first phase of the game before the middlegame and endgame.... |
Opposition | A position in which opposing Kings stand on the same rank or file in an endgame, separated from each other by only one square.... |
Passed Pawn | A Pawn unopposed, on its own or adjacent files, by a Pawn of another color.... |
Passive | A piece or position with limited mobility.... |