Chess vocabulary

bishop - střelec (v šachu)

noun - the chesspiece that can only move diagonally

capture - zajmout (figurku v šachu), zabrat (figurku v šachu)

verb - to take the one of the opponent's chesspieces

castling - rošáda

noun - a special chess move in which the king and either of the rooks move towards each other and interchange position

draw - remíza, nerozhodný výsledek

noun - a game that ends in a way that neither side wins

en passant - braní mimochodem (v šachu)

adverb - (French) a special move in chess in which the pawn that has moved by two squares can be captured as if it had only moved by one square

check - šach

noun - a situation in which the opponent's king is under threat of being captured

checkmate - šach mat

noun - the conclusive victory in a game of chess

chess - šachy

noun - a game for two people played on a black and white board, each player has 16 playing pieces and must capture the opponent's king

chess piece - šachová figurka, hrací kámen (v šachu)

noun - any of the 32 pieces that are used in playing chess (pawn, knight, bishop...)

chessboard - šachovnice

noun - a board used to play chess

king - král (v šachu)

noun - the most important chesspiece, it can move in all directions, only one square at a time

knight - kůň (v šachu), jezdec (v šachu)

noun - the chesspiece that looks like a horse's head, its move looks like the letter L

move - táhnout (v šachu)

verb - to change the position of a chesspiece on the chessboard

pawn - pěšec (v šachu), pěšák (v šachu), pinčl (v šachu)

noun - the most numerous and the least powerful chesspiece, it only moves forward and captures to the side

promotion - proměna (v šachu)

noun - the move in chess in which the pawn is replaced by either a queen, rook, knight or bishop

queen - královna (v šachu), dáma (v šachu)

noun - the strongest chesspiece, it can move any number of squares in all directions

rook - věž (v šachu)

noun - a chesspiece that looks like a tower, its initial position in the game is in the corner of the chessboard

stalemate - pat (v šachu)

noun - a situation in which the king has no legal moves but is not in check