Chess

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Across
  1. 2. The rows of a chessboard going sideways, numbered 1st-8th starting from White’s side as 1st
  2. 6. Fast chess - 5 minutes per player for the entire game.
  3. 7. An attack by a piece that was opened up via another piece’s move
  4. 8. To develop a Bishop on a long diagonal
  5. 11. Someone with the highest International Chess Title
  6. 13. When the player to move isn’t in check, but none of his pieces can move
  7. 14. to remove a piece from the board via a legal move.
  8. 15. Any game that ends without either player winning
  9. 16. Rank The rank where a player sets up his major pieces (1st for White; 8th for Black)
  10. 17. International Chess Federation
Down
  1. 1. A bad move that turns a win into a loss or draw or a draw into a loss.
  2. 3. When you move a piece to a square where you could capture an opponent’s piece NEXT move.
  3. 4. Chess for fun or chess without a clock
  4. 5. A half-move, or the move of one player
  5. 7. Pawns Two pawns of the same color on the same file as a result of a capture
  6. 9. An attack (by a Rook, Bishop or Queen) on a piece that cannot or should not move, because a piece behind the attacked piece is worth even more.
  7. 10. In chess, a non-master.
  8. 12. Lining up two pieces that move similarly, like a Queen and Rook or Queen and Bishop.
  9. 14. An attack on the King where there is no way for your opponent to finish his turn and no longer have the King attacked.