Across
- 2. The rows of a chessboard going sideways, numbered 1st-8th starting from White’s side as 1st
- 6. Fast chess - 5 minutes per player for the entire game.
- 7. An attack by a piece that was opened up via another piece’s move
- 8. To develop a Bishop on a long diagonal
- 11. Someone with the highest International Chess Title
- 13. When the player to move isn’t in check, but none of his pieces can move
- 14. to remove a piece from the board via a legal move.
- 15. Any game that ends without either player winning
- 16. Rank The rank where a player sets up his major pieces (1st for White; 8th for Black)
- 17. International Chess Federation
Down
- 1. A bad move that turns a win into a loss or draw or a draw into a loss.
- 3. When you move a piece to a square where you could capture an opponent’s piece NEXT move.
- 4. Chess for fun or chess without a clock
- 5. A half-move, or the move of one player
- 7. Pawns Two pawns of the same color on the same file as a result of a capture
- 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.
- 10. In chess, a non-master.
- 12. Lining up two pieces that move similarly, like a Queen and Rook or Queen and Bishop.
- 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.