Apologies if this has been asked before, but I am starting to compile a list of more or less obscure but memorable words and phrases used to describe positions and tactics that occur in chess games.
Here are a few:
"pigs on the seventh" - two rooks on the 7th rank, so-called because of their potential greedy gobbling of material there
"knight pirouette" - Nf3-d2-c4 in the Benoni
"poisoned pawn"
"octopus knight" - in Karpov vs Kasparov, WC match 16th game, Moscow 1985
"the fork trick" - well known trap in the opening, in which a knight is sacrificed for a centre pawn allowing a fork of two pieces (knight and bishop) if the opponent retakes with his knight
Apologies if this has been asked before, but I am starting to compile a list of more or less obscure but memorable words and phrases used to describe positions and tactics that occur in chess games.
Here are a few:
"pigs on the seventh" - two rooks on the 7th rank, so-called because of their potential greedy gobbling of material there
"knight pirouette" - Nf3-d2-c4 in the Benoni
"poisoned pawn"
"octopus knight" - in Karpov vs Kasparov, WC match 16th game, Moscow 1985
"the fork trick" - well known trap in the opening, in which a knight is sacrificed for a centre pawn allowing a fork of two pieces (knight and bishop) if the opponent retakes with his knight
"luft"
What others am I missing? Lots, I hope!