Having more value of pieces or better board position than your opponent.

To attack a piece, remove it from the board and your piece is placed in that square.

If the King and Rook have not been moved, you may move the King two squares toward the Rook, which then jumps over the King into the next square.

This can happen when the game ends in a tie or if the player has no legal moves but his King is NOT in check.

Two pawns in adjacent squares in the same column and usually something you want to avoid.

If your pawn is on your fifth row and your opponent moves a Pawn two spaces to end up alongside it, you can on your next move capture it as if it moved one square.

When a piece is attacking two men at the same time...usually easiest to do with the Knight.

A French saying meaning I adjust, you say before you want to center a piece but not play it.

When a piece cannot move without sacrificing another piece besides the King.

When one piece is "guarding" another so it can't be captured.

To give up before you are checkmated.

The act of giving up one piece in a plan to capture something of more value.

A German word often said when you have to make a move you really don't want to.

This can happen when the game ends in a tie or if the player has no legal moves but his King is NOT in check.

To lose one piece of equal value to one that is captured, Knight for a Knight.

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Chess Vocabulary

Term	Definition
Advantage	Having more value of pieces or better board position than your opponent.
Capture	To attack a piece, remove it from the board and your piece is placed in that square.
Castling	If the King and Rook have not been moved, you may move the King two squares toward the Rook, which then jumps over the King into the next square.
Draw	This can happen when the game ends in a tie or if the player has no legal moves but his King is NOT in check.
Doubled Pawn	Two pawns in adjacent squares in the same column and usually something you want to avoid.
En Passant	If your pawn is on your fifth row and your opponent moves a Pawn two spaces to end up alongside it, you can on your next move capture it as if it moved one square.
Fork	When a piece is attacking two men at the same time...usually easiest to do with the Knight.
J'adoube	A French saying meaning I adjust, you say before you want to center a piece but not play it.
Major piece	A King, Queen, and Rock.
Minor piece	A Bishop, Knight, and Pawns
Pin	When a piece cannot move without sacrificing another piece besides the King.
Protection	When one piece is "guarding" another so it can't be captured.
Resign	To give up before you are checkmated.
Sacrifice	The act of giving up one piece in a plan to capture something of more value.
Zugzwang	A German word often said when you have to make a move you really don't want to.
Stalemate	This can happen when the game ends in a tie or if the player has no legal moves but his King is NOT in check.
Exchange	To lose one piece of equal value to one that is captured, Knight for a Knight.

Created by: rosanna.sada

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