Lexicon

Chess vocabulary in French, English and Fon. Fon terms are added after validation by native speakers.

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French	English	Fon	Definition
Appariement	Pairing	to be completed	Assignment of opponents for each round.
Attaque à la découverte	Discovered attack	to be completed	A piece moves and unmasks an attack by another.
Cadence	Time control	to be completed	Time given to each player (for example 15 min + 10 s per move).
Cavalier	Knight	to be completed	Moves in an L shape and can jump over pieces.
Clouage	Pin	to be completed	A piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable piece behind it.
Dame	Queen	to be completed	The most powerful piece, moves like a rook and a bishop.
Départage	Tiebreak	to be completed	Criterion separating players tied on points.
Échec	Check	to be completed	The king is attacked and must be protected at once.
Échec et mat	Checkmate	to be completed	The king is in check with no way out: the game is over.
Échiquier	Chessboard	to be completed	Board of 64 alternating light and dark squares.
Enfilade	Skewer	to be completed	Attack on a valuable piece which, when it moves, exposes the piece behind.
Feuille de notation	Scoresheet	to be completed	Sheet on which each player records the moves.
Finale	Endgame	to be completed	The final phase of the game, with few pieces left.
Fou	Bishop	to be completed	Moves diagonally.
Fourchette	Fork	to be completed	One piece attacks two targets at once.
Gambit	Gambit	to be completed	An opening sacrificing a pawn for faster development.
Mat du couloir	Back-rank mate	to be completed	Mate on the back rank of a king trapped by its own pawns.
Mat étouffé	Smothered mate	to be completed	Mate by a knight against a king surrounded by its own pieces.
Milieu de partie	Middlegame	to be completed	The phase after the opening, rich in plans and combinations.
Nulle	Draw	to be completed	A game without a winner (agreement, stalemate, repetition, insufficient material…).
Opposition	Opposition	to be completed	Kings facing each other one square apart: key to pawn endings.
Ouverture	Opening	to be completed	Start of the game: developing pieces and controlling the centre.
Pat	Stalemate	to be completed	The player to move has no legal move and is not in check: the game is drawn.
Pendule	Chess clock	to be completed	Double timer measuring each player's thinking time.
Pièce touchée, pièce jouée	Touch-move	to be completed	A piece deliberately touched must be moved if possible.
Pion	Pawn	to be completed	Moves forward one square (two on its first move) and captures diagonally.
Prise en passant	En passant	to be completed	Special capture of a pawn that has just advanced two squares.
Promotion	Promotion	to be completed	A pawn reaching the last rank becomes another piece.
Roi	King	to be completed	The most important piece: the game is lost when it is checkmated.
Roque	Castling	to be completed	Special move of the king and a rook to bring the king to safety.
Sacrifice	Sacrifice	to be completed	Deliberately giving up material to gain an advantage.
Système suisse	Swiss system	to be completed	Tournament where players with equal scores meet, without elimination.
Tour	Rook	to be completed	Moves in straight lines along files and ranks.