| Light Bishop | A Bishop which moves on light-coloured squares.... |
| Light Piece | Another expression for minor piece.... |
| Lightning Chess | Another term for speed or Blitz Chess.... |
| Live Chess | Living chessLiving chessThe performance of a Chess game where the pieces are represented by real people....
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| Living Chess | The performance of a Chess game where the pieces are represented by real people.... |
| Long Castling | Expression sometimes used to describe castling Queen-side.... |
| Major Pieces | The Queen and Rooks.... |
| Mate | CheckmateCheckmateAn attack against the opponent's King which the King cannot escape....
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| Mate | Short for Checkmate. When a King cannot avoid capture.... |
| Material | The total value in points of a player's pieces on the Chessboard.... |
| Mating Attack | An attack, which aims to Checkmate the King.... |
| Mating Sacrifice | A material sacrifice made to achieve Checkmate.... |
| Middlegame | The second phase of the game following the opening.... |
| Miniature | A short game usually 20 moves or less. ... |
| Minor pieces | The Bishops and Knights.... |
| Open file | A file cleared of Pawns.... |
| Opening | The first phase of the game before the middlegame and endgame.... |
| Opposition | A position in which opposing Kings stand on the same rank or file in an endgame, separated from each other by only one square.... |
| Passed Pawn | A Pawn unopposed, on its own or adjacent files, by a Pawn of another color.... |
| Passive | A piece or position with limited mobility.... |
