Glossary of chess

This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order. Some of these terms have their own pages, like fork and pin.
For a list of:

unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece;
terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems;
named [|opening lines], see List of chess openings;
chess-related games, see List of chess variants;
terms general to board games, see Glossary of board games.
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