Road runner: A person who makes a move very fast.
I made that just now. Do you think it's good?
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How about A Black Knight, in reference to the character from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, who keeps on fighting after he's lost all his limbs.
Sounds good. Iv'e always thought 2 knights guarding each other looks cool. There's a nice symmetry about it. Anyone got a term for this?
King & Queen combined = Quarterback; Knights = Halfbacks; Rooks = Tight Ends & Fulllbacks; Bishops = Wide Receivers; Pawns = Lineman.
I Always thought that bishook should be an alternate name for the queen, as a queen is a combination of bishop and rook. It would also be a great handle.
"I've always thought 2 knights guarding each other looks cool. There's a nice symmetry about it. Anyone got a term for this?"
Dopplegang?
Two Musketeers?
Apr 27, 2009
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tterraglliw...yours are really really good! cool.
I think you're giving the guerrilla element a lot of credit.
I don't have any per se...I do frequently use pejoratives in reference to the opponent's queen?
Here's another one: Stuffing the bishop: clogging up an otherwise open diagonal of a fianchettoed bishop with a pawn supported by multiple pieces.
Hey guys how about this??
2 rooks = Saruman and Sauron (characters from the Lord of the Rings
Nice one Graham
How about this one 'The Drunken Queen'= when the player did a really bad move with his/her queen ending up to be captured by another piece.
Weasel! I use that!
pope - a fianchettoed bishop in a kingside castle
peasant revolt - 4 pawn moves in a row by same player
Rookum - a boring game between two players where there are either 4 or 2 rooks and some pawns on the board
Henry VIII - a player who trades queens early and for no apparent reason
WonderBlunder - a blunder that is so bad, the other player spends minutes looking for the trap
Blundrama - spotting your blunder immediately and then having to suffer forever..... until your opponent eventually finds it.
Bongcloud Attack - 2.Ke2 (kickin the post oldskool)
Fidget - an opponent who adjusts your pieces due to his/her intolerance of off-center chess pieces
Chessaphones - players that listen to their ipod the whole damn game.
bantermission - a conversation in the middle of a game
bantermiser - one who denies a bantermission
Diplomats - two players that continuingly adjust their positions an wait for the other guy to make the first move
Whips & Chains - throwing another pawn in the center board tension.... if for no other reason than the hell of it.
Apr 28, 2009
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Hondoham!! Another genius with the naming of chess things. Henry VIII...haha. Peasant revolt is cute too.
Admittedly I don't understand the diplomats.
The term form two knights supporting esch other is:Knight Knot
Sneaky bishops: Fianchetto'd bishops that can be uncovered when the friendly knight moves out of the bishops diagonal from the adjacent diagonal square towards the middle. Sneaky because the hide behind the knight.
Grinder for weasel.
"walking the dog"
Ok, the name doesn't particularly make sense. But someone about 2 years ago told me after playing this against me that's what they call it and it's what I think of whenever someone falls for it..
Pony - The other player's annoying knight that is blocking me from moving.
Little Bastards - A strong effective chain of pawns on the opponent's side.
(are we allowed to say bastards here?)
Has anyone made-up a few chess terms that they use? Please share them if you have. Here's a few I've come up with:
Sniper: A Fianchetto of a bishop who is patiently waiting for an available target.
Sniper Nest: The hiding place for a well protected Sniper hidden deep in your opps bowls with only the b or g pawn being moved one space so that the bishop could be developed.
Guerrilla: A player who really isn't very good but who knows enough to harass you, to slow you down, whose primary tactic is to annoy you and throw you off your game plan.
Weasel: A player hopelessy behind in material who nonetheless is still playing only for the hope of a draw.