This hasn't come out as smoothly as I had hoped - the formatting goes all wonky when I try to post any tables here. Regardless, the basics get across.
Chess Dingbats

Sicilian dragon? Greek gift? Middlegame? Windmil tactic? Touchmove rule? Are you trying to say something?

Sicilian dragon? Greek gift? Middlegame? Windmil tactic? Touchmove rule? Are you trying to say something?
He is trying to say:
Sicilian dragon, greek gift, middlegame, windmill tactic, touch-move rule.

Sicilian dragon? Greek gift? Middlegame? Windmil tactic? Touchmove rule? Are you trying to say something?
"Dingbats" are just where you do the clip art version of "charades" to spell out a term without saying it. Just fun, man. And its not "tactic" - its A tack...Attack

"Family check"? "Fischer time"?
Ohh, Fischer clock?
And "family check" doesn't seem right.

"Family check"? "Fischer time"?
Ohh, Fischer clock?
And "family check" doesn't seem right.
"Family check" is legit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_chess

"Family check"? "Fischer time"?
Ohh, Fischer clock?
And "family check" doesn't seem right.
I dont know if its different outside UK but a family check is where a knight forks king, queen and rook

a) family check; b) middlegame; c) touch move rule; d) the french defence; e) pawn chain; f) board control; g) windmill attack; h) greek gift; i) sicilian dragon; k) mate in five
still working on j and l.

@Here_Is_Plenty: Ah, I understand. That's what I thought of first, but I learned it as "family fork," so that kept me puzzled.

A) Family Check
B) Middlegame
C) Touch Move Rule
D) ?
E) Pawn Chain
F) ?
G) Windmill Tactic
H) Greek Gift
I) Sicilian Dragon
J) Fischer Clock
K) Mate in Five
L) Draw On Repetition
Couldn't get D or F. I think D is Red ______ Defense, but nothing clicked. F looks like "Board Changer", but again, it's a relatively unfamiliar term to me.
j) fischer clock; l) draw by repetition
you should get a medal for getting"draw by repetition",i wouldn't have found that in a million years

"Family check"? "Fischer time"?
Ohh, Fischer clock?
And "family check" doesn't seem right.
I dont know if its different outside UK but a family check is where a knight forks king, queen and rook
In the U.S. it is called "being a hopeless patzer"
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