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<\/span>A<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

Algebraic notation<\/a><\/div>\n
Arabian mate<\/a><\/div>\n
arbiter<\/a><\/div>\n
Armageddon game<\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

artificial castling<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>B<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

back rank checkmate<\/a><\/div>\n
backward pawn<\/div>\n
bad bishop<\/div>\n
battery<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

bishop<\/a><\/div>\n
bishop pair<\/div>\n
blindfold chess<\/a><\/div>\n
blitz chess<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

blunder<\/div>\n
bullet chess<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>C<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

Candidate Master<\/a><\/div>\n
Candidates Tournament<\/div>\n
capturing<\/div>\n
castling<\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

castling long<\/div>\n
castling short<\/div>\n
check<\/div>\n
checkmate<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

chessboard<\/a><\/div>\n
chess clock<\/div>\n
chess notation<\/a><\/div>\n
chess opening<\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

chess set<\/a><\/div>\n
Chess960<\/div>\n
classical chess<\/div>\n
Closed Game<\/span><\/span><\/dfn><\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

compensation<\/div>\n
connected pawns<\/div>\n
connected rooks<\/div>\n
control of the center<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

correspondence chess<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>D<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

dead position<\/a><\/div>\n
development<\/div>\n
discovered check<\/div>\n
double attack<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

double check<\/div>\n
doubled pawns<\/div>\n
draw<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>E<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

ECO<\/div>\n
Elo rating system<\/div>\n
endgame<\/a><\/div>\n
en passant<\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

evaluation<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>F<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

fianchetto<\/div>\n
FIDE<\/div>\n
FIDE Master<\/div>\n
fifty-move rule<\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fischer Random Chess<\/div>\n
fivefold repetition<\/div>\n
flag<\/div>\n
Fool’s mate<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

fortress<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>G<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

gambit<\/div>\n
gardez<\/div>\n
Grandmaster<\/a><\/div>\n
Greek gift sacrifice<\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>H<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

half-open file<\/a><\/div>\n
hanging pawns<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>I<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

illegal move<\/div>\n
International Master<\/div>\n
isolated pawn<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>J<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

j’adoube<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>K<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

king<\/a><\/div>\n
knight<\/a><\/div>\n
knight’s tour<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>L<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

long diagonal<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>M<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

major piece<\/div>\n
material<\/div>\n
middlegame<\/a><\/div>\n
minor piece<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>N<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

notation<\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>O<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

open file<\/a><\/div>\n
Open Game<\/div>\n
opening<\/a><\/div>\n
opposition<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

outpost<\/div>\n
outside passed pawn<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>P<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

passed pawn<\/div>\n
pawn<\/a><\/div>\n
pawn chain<\/div>\n
pawn structure<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

perpetual check<\/div>\n
piece<\/div>\n
pin<\/div>\n
poisoned pawn<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

premove<\/div>\n
promotion<\/div>\n
protected passed pawn<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>Q<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

queen<\/a><\/div>\n
queening<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>R<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

rank<\/div>\n
rapid chess<\/div>\n
resign<\/div>\n
rook<\/a><\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>S<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

Scholar’s mate<\/div>\n
score sheet<\/a><\/div>\n
Semi-Closed Game<\/div>\n
Semi-Open Game<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

seventy-five-move rule<\/div>\n
simultaneous chess<\/a><\/div>\n
skewer<\/div>\n
smothered mate<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

stalemate<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>T<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

takeback<\/div>\n
threefold repetition<\/div>\n
time control<\/div>\n
transposition<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

tripled pawns<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>U<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

underpromotion<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>V<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

variation<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>W<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

windmill<\/div>\n
Woman Candidate Master<\/div>\n
Woman FIDE Master<\/div>\n
Woman Grandmaster<\/div>
<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Woman International Master<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>X<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

X-ray<\/div>
<\/div>\n
\n

<\/span>Z<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

 <\/p>\n

zugzwang<\/a><\/div>\n
zwischenschach<\/div>\n
zwischenzug<\/div>
<\/div>\n

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