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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Notation system using letter-number pairs to identify squares on the board
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Algebraic notation
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B
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A very bad move
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Blunder
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C
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Player with the highest FIDE rating as of April 2022
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Magnus Carlsen
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D
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A possible outcome of a game of chess in which neither side wins or loses
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Draw
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E
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The only capturing move in chess that does not land on the captured piece
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En passant
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F
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Checkmate in two moves
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Fool's mate
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G
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The highest title that a player can achieve, awarded by FIDE and valid for life
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Grandmaster
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H
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Two pawns of the same color on adjacent files, with no pawns of the same color on the files either side of them
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Hanging pawns
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I
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The amount of time added to each player's clock before each move
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Increment
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J
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Expression used when adjusting pieces
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J'adoube
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K
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The most important piece in chess
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King
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L
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One of the two diagonals with eight squares (a1–h8 or h1–a8)
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Long diagonal
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M
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The part of a chess game that follows the opening and comes before the endgame
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Middlegame
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N
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Opponent of C in the 2021 World Chess Championship
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Ian Nepomniachtchi
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O
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Opening with the moves 1. e4 e5
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Open Game
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P
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Term for a pawn that is able to advance through the board and promote without getting under attack
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Passed pawn
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Q
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White's left side and Black's right side
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Queenside
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R
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Term for a horizontal row on the chessboard
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Rank
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S
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Position in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal move
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Stalemate
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T
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The allowed time to play a game, usually measured by a chess clock
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Time control
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U
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Promoting a pawn to a rook, bishop, or knight instead of a queen
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Underpromotion
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V
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A chess-like game that is not chess itself
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Chess variant
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W
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Slang for pieces
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Wood
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X
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When the power of a piece, either to attack or to defend, seems to pass through an intervening enemy piece
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X-ray
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Y
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Z
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Situation in which any legal move would get the player into disadvantage
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Zugzwang
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