Street Chess Vocabulary - CHESS FACE TO FACE

CHESS FACE TO FACE

Street Chess Vocabulary

9/23/2018

I know the readers all have favourite chess terms. In street chess we have an additional vocabulary, for example, a few that come to mind:

black beauties = a pair of bishops for black
crazy horse = a knight that is creating monster threats
gift (German = poison) = giving a piece or pawn to deflect the opponent or allow combination
schwitzenzug = a move that makes you sweat heavily
tickler = irritating pawn move

And a favourite saying: double rooks-double trouble

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Hans Jung

Facilitator at outdoor chess tables, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada since 2002

Part of Canadian Chess Community for 40+ years

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