You may have had a carved chess set for Christmas or are thinking of buying a themed chess set. Or, you may have found the best chess set years ago. Your chess set may be out all the time as an aesthetic addition to your décor. Chess sets can be lovely to look at. See ChessSetHeaven.com for some great examples.
However, the best thing about chess is the way it stimulates the intellect – providing a thrilling way to spend time with friends and family. Making the most of your chess set pieces requires you to understand the many technical terms in use in this great game.
In two previous blog posts, I detailed a selection of chess terms. Here are some more for the keen player to learn:
- Advantage refers to a supremacy in terms of material or position.
- Attack is a general way of describing manoeuvres which force the opponent into a position where their options for responding are either passive defence or counter-attack.
- Exchanges refers to the situation where pieces of the same worth are seized on either side.
- File is a vertical line on the chessboard, encompassing eight squares of alternate colours. When there are no pawns on any of its squares it is referred to as open. This is very important for stronger action by the Rooks)
- Fork describes a pawn attacking two pieces at the same time.
If you don’t have your own set, you can find a selection of chess sets online at ChessSetHeaven.com.
H.G.
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