ChessWorld Hitchhiker's Guide to ChessScope: This glossary does not intend to cover player names, opening names, or Composition terms. The Glossary aims to relate the terms to ChessWorld where possible when giving examples.If you have contributions, corrections or questions, please post them to the Chess Forum for discussion. There is a dedicated Chess Openings Glossary |
Glossary Course Modules with Game ExamplesGlossary Course Modules with Tactical Puzzle ExamplesA | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | [V] | W | X | Y | ZVA series of moves based on, but differing from, the main line of a game. For example, say a game went:- 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 etc Now when the game is annotated, a "variation" could be 3.c3 instead of what occured in the game which was 3.d4 View Tip as Course Module |