Chess Terms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• pin: a situation where a piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable piece behind it to capture.
• diagonal: a line of squares that runs at an angle, where bishops move and control.
• strategy: the overall plan or long-term goals in a chess game, focusing on positioning, pawn structure, and piece activity.
• tactics: short-term, concrete sequences of moves, often involving threats such as forks, pins, and skewers, used to gain an advantage.
• tempo: a move that gains time or maintains the initiative, forcing the opponent to respond.
• check: a situation where the king is under direct threat of capture on the opponent's next move. the player must make a move to remove the threat.
• stalemate: a situation where the player to move has no legal moves and their king is not in check, resulting in a draw.
• checkmate: a position where the king is in check and cannot make any legal move to escape the threat, resulting in a win for the attacking player.
• en passant: a special pawn capture that can occur when a pawn moves two squares forward from its starting position and lands beside an opponent's pawn.
• promotion: the process of advancing a pawn to the eighth rank, where it is then converted to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight.