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Subject: Re: Chess terminology in English (where to get explaining of chess terms?)

Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes

Date: 07:52:28 05/22/00

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On May 22, 2000 at 05:26:12, Jan Pernicka wrote:

>On May 19, 2000 at 08:39:52, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:
>
>>On May 19, 2000 at 03:28:37, Jan Pernicka wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>as I am not English I sometimes get confused with some English words concerning
>>>chess. So, my question is - is there any document (maybe on the net...)
>>>explaining - in English - meaning of "special chess words?" - e.g. "discovered
>>>check","doubled pawn","outpost"... (BTW: Meaning of these is clear to me :).
>>>  I have also poor access to English written chess books so net is one of the
>>>way to get info about it...
>>>
>>>  Thank you very much
>>>
>>>       Jan
>>
>>Glossary of Chess Terminology:
>>http://chess.liveonthenet/chess/beginner/glossary.html
>
> That one above is really for beginners. That one below is too :) , but has more
>terms included (found by Alta-Vista(C))....:
> http://www.sun.ac.za/chess/smartchess/gloss.htm

The lighter side of chess:
http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/glossary.htm



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