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Opening

Games; Chess

The start of a game, incorporating the first dozen or so moves. The basic goals of an opening are to develop pieces as quickly as possible.

Occupation

Games; Chess

A Rook or Queen that controls a file or rank is said to occupy that file or rank. A piece is said to occupy the square it is sitting on.

Pawn storm

Games; Chess

The general advance of two or more connected Pawns. A Pawn storm may be employed to attack the King, to promote one of the Pawns, to keep some of the opponents' pieces away from another part of the ...

Pawn island

Games; Chess

A Pawn or group of Pawns separated from other Pawns of the same color.

Pawn chain

Games; Chess

A string of two or more Pawns of the same colour along a diagonal.

Pawn grabbing

Games; Chess

Deprecating term to describe the act of winning Pawns at the expense of development or countering an opponent's attack. Also known as Pawn snatching.

Undoubling

Games; Chess

To move one of a set of doubled Pawns onto an adjacent file which contains no Pawns of its own color, via a capture.

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