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Outside Passer: Someone who uses the shoulder

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Queenside attack: a homophobe speaking

Isolani: any chessplayer on a Saturday night

Helpmate: well, adults will get the idea

To batgirl

Got any more of those bad nights in ya?  Wink

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One chess slang I always loved, even though is a little contradictory: "The quiet move"...Usually what follows is a forced win, so in effect the "quiet" move should be called, ahhm , hell I don't know, but don't call it quiet, I mean....Smile

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Popinjay, see Chess 960 for all your Fischer Random questions.

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Passed pawn = back copies of Playboy magazine. Laughing

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Queen's pawn = a boy toy

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discovered check = it was between the sofa cushions.

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Oops! : no definition needed

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fork= garden tool
pin= sewing tool
skewer= grilling  tool

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batgirl wrote:

Good words, iffy definitions.

More interesting (to me) would be something like:

Bad Bishop - a man in the wrong profession.
Spite Check - a self evaluation of one's bad attitude.
Luft - using a German aircraft to open up the castled king's position.
Underpromotion - umm... let's not go there.


 bat girl do you follow popinjay's forums just to criticize her?

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Laughingknight wrote:
batgirl wrote:

Good words, iffy definitions.

More interesting (to me) would be something like:

Bad Bishop - a man in the wrong profession.
Spite Check - a self evaluation of one's bad attitude.
Luft - using a German aircraft to open up the castled king's position.
Underpromotion - umm... let's not go there.


 bat girl do you follow popinjay's forums just to criticize her?


 please just let it go, i appreciate the gesture.