Chess Dictionary — R
Chess terms starting with "R" from Chesswick's plain-language glossary.
Terms starting with R (6)
- Raking Bishops Intermediate
- Raking bishops are a pair of bishops posted on adjacent open diagonals, where they sweep across the board and create powerful attacking or controlling pressure.
- Rank Beginner
- A rank is one of the eight horizontal rows of squares running across the chessboard, numbered 1 to 8 from White’s side.
- Rating Vampire Intermediate
- Definition awaiting review.
- Romantic Intermediate
- Romantic chess refers to the aggressive 19th-century style favoring rapid development, open lines, and spectacular sacrifices over slow positional maneuvering.
- Rook Intermediate
- The rook moves any number of unoccupied squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, captures by replacement, starts on the a- and h-files, and gains maximum power on open files by attacking their full length or reaching the seventh rank.
- Royal Fork Intermediate
- A royal fork is a knight fork that attacks both the enemy king and queen at once, forcing the king to move and usually winning the queen for a knight.