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Questions about the particular terminology used in chess
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Is there a word to count one moving by one player?
The standard word is "ply", although it's mainly used in the context of computers and game theory when applied to chess, rather than being a proper chess concept. For instance, you will not see the wo …
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What is the meaning of "dead draw"?
A "dead draw" position is an endgame neither side can make further progress. It's not an immediate forced draw, meaning that the "stronger" side does not have to play a line that leads to stalemate or …
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Is there a name for fork-protected pieces?
I don't know about English. In spanish we use the term "defensa indirecta" or "protección indirecta", but it does not refer specifically to indirect protection/defence by fork, it could be a threat of …
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"Unclear" becoming outdated?
Computers have expanded our ability to analyze chess positions, but they're far from outdating the use of "unclear". There are plenty of positions where you'll get contradictory evaluations depending …
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How exactly does bidding in armageddon chess work?
The most common way to perform bidding in armageddon rounds is to write your bid down on a piece of paper and give it to the arbiter without showing it to your opponent.
Then the arbiter will reveal b …
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Definition of Soundness
I would add to vs97's answer that not all sound openings lead to an advantage. Indeed, when playing Black, we are often happy with an equal game, thus defences that lead us there are "sound".
Some op …
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Identifying “big pawn” bishops
Indeed, every time a player has a restricted bishop, it was his choice! You can put your pawns in squares of the color you want. When you are left with a bad bishop, you probably did it to avoid a gr …
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Why do all e4-c5 variations only have a single name (Sicilian Defence)?
Back in the day where most openings got their names, 1...e5 was much more popular than the Sicilian, so it made sense to distinguish between the King's Gambit, the Italian and so on as those were the …
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What makes an opening move the "mainline"?
There's no universal definition of what constitutes a mainline move. It also changes through time, so in this case 3.Nc3 may have been the mainline before but not anymore.
Anyway I don't think I've he …
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Term for checking piece whose opponent daren't capture it
Well, that's only possible with a rook or a queen (at least, in most realistic situations) and indeed it's a typical theme in rook endgames.
In Spanish, we have a name for that: torre loca (meaning " …
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How does b4 fix pawns in this rook endgame?
It definitely prevents Black from playing ...c5, at least temporarely. I wouldn't say Black pawns are "fixed" though. Anyway, isn't Re7 a much stronger move?
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