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forced move

Games; Chess

A move for which there is only one reply (or if more than one reply, all but one are undesirable).

fork

Games; Chess

An attack on two or more pieces simultaneously. Though any chess piece (except a Rook- Pawn) can execute a fork, the Knight makes a specialty of it.

fool's mate

Games; Chess

The shortest possible chess game ending in checkmate: 1. g4 e5 (or e6) 2. f4 (or f3) Qh4 mate.

FIDE master

Games; Chess

Title awarded by FIDE and is ranked below International Master.

A system of recording the moves of a chess game similar to Algebraic Notation except that small pictures of the pieces and Pawns are substituted for their names. This method has been popularized by ...

file

Games; Chess

A vertical column of eight squares. This column of squares runs from the top of the board to the bottom. Designated in algebraic notation as the a-file, b-file, c-file, d-file, e-file, f-file, g-file ...