AWAD Quiz 12 - Vocabulaire en passant
(AWAD - January 5 - January 11, 1998)
This week's word list featured loanwords from the game of chess. [I have added one term to
make eight.] Match up the word in the first column with its closest definition in
column two.
| ___ zugzwang |
A. A poor or amateurish chess
player. |
| ___ counterplay |
B. To defeat completely; to
terminate; to thwart. |
| ___ j'adoube |
C. The final stage of an extended
process or
course of events. |
| ___ checkmate |
D. A situation in a chess game in
which a player is forced to make an undesirable or disadvantageous move |
| ___ stalemate |
E. A threat or offensive position
in chess intended to counter an opponent's advantage in another part of the board. |
| ___ endgame |
F. A mode of opening the game, in
which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position. 2. A maneuver, especially one
used at an initial stage. 3. A remark intended to open a conversation. |
| ___ patzer |
G. The position of the king when
he can not move without being placed on check and there is no other piece which can be
moved. |
| ___ gambit |
H. "I adjust".
Used in chess when touching a piece without intending to move it. |
Answers:
checkmate - To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart
counterplay
- A threat or offensive position in chess intended to
counter an opponent's advantage in another part of the board.
endgame - The final stage of an
extended process or course of events.
gambit - A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to
gain an attacking position. 2. A maneuver, especially one used at an initial stage. 3. A
remark intended to open a conversation.
j'adoube - "I adjust". Used in chess when touching a
piece without intending to move it.
patzer - A poor or amateurish chess player.
stalemate - The position of the king when he can not move without being
placed on check and there is no other piece which can be moved.
zugzwang - A situation in a chess game in which a player is forced to
make an undesirable or disadvantageous move
