Hi, all
When doing summer cleanning in my PC, found this "funny" glossary
that I saw somewhere in the Net. Enjoy. This isn't to offend anyone.
Analysis: irrefutable proof that you could have won a game you lost.
Attacking Moves: moves that my opponent seems to make much
more frequently than I do.
Blitz: a an extreme form of rapid transit chess, where the players
move faster than they can think -- thus ensuing the game a rare
profundity.
Book-Player: a chess slave, who fills a relatively empty head with
information that makes it even emptier.
Brilliancy: a combinative sequence which is understandable to anyone
once the solution is revealed.
Castling: a defensive move played by a cowardly opponent.; a special
move solely done for king's safety only to be dismantled by your
opponent later.
Center: according to the hypermoderns, the squares a1, a8, h1, h8.
Champion: someone who has attained success in chess only because
he has had more time to devote to the game than you have.
Checkmate: a self-inflicted torture by novices who don't know the
word "resigns."
Chess: a most intriguing intellectual challenge, played in a cultured
manner according to strict rules and regulations. The object of the
game is to crush your opponent.
Chess Fever: a disease common among adolescent members of the
Manhattan Chess Club; characterized by jagged fingernails, bulging
eyes, and an unsteady hand.
Combination: any long series of moves that the average player
cannot understand.
Compensation: something that I tell myself that I have for being
down that pawn.
Connoisseur, Openings: an understanding authority, who thinks one
opening is better than another.
Cramped Position: that which you must obtain as a necessary
preliminary to freeing your game.
:-)