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A Chess Glossary - I ( from A to C )

A Chess Glossary - I ( from A to C )

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fJP

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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.

:-)

Luck
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Gentleman Fernando,
This is great, right on the money.....LOL

Harri

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these are good, fernando! can't wait for the next series. sin.

j

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yeah, it's good fun, give us the next serie please,

S
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These were originally printed in Chess Life a LOOOOONG time
ago...thanks for putting them up though...they are too funny!!

Dave

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I know you had to get a kick out of the "book-player" one. Dave, you
may prove that one wrong. Kirk

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