#PIECES SYNONYM PROFESSIONAL#
It was thought to be impolite to use a player's name without permission, and the professional did not want to risk losing a customer. In the 19th century, "Amateur" was sometimes used in published game scores to conceal the name of the losing player in a Master vs. The distinction between professional and amateur is not very important in chess as amateurs may win prizes, accept appearance fees, and earn any title, including World Champion. amateur Any player whose main occupation is not chess. Īlgebraic notation algebraic notation The standard way to record the moves of a chess game, using alphanumeric coordinates for the squares. Evaluation factors can include space, time, material, and threats. advantage A better position with the chance of winning the game. An advanced passed pawn that threatens to promote can be especially strong. An advanced pawn may be weak if it is overextended, lacking support and difficult to defend, or strong if it cramps the enemy by limiting mobility. advanced pawn A pawn that is on the opponent's half of the board (the fifth rank or higher). A player may do this only on their turn, and must first say "I adjust", or the French equivalent J'adoube. To adjust the position of a piece on its square without being required to move it. A tournament director, or an impartial and strong player, will evaluate the final position and assign a win, draw, or loss assuming best play by both players. adjudication A way to decide the result of an unfinished game.
It was once very common in high-level competition, often occurring soon after the first time control, but has been mostly abandoned due to the advent of computer analysis. Bent Larsen, Copenhagen 1966 adjournment Suspension of a chess game with the intention to finish it later.
( casual sexual partner ) : see also Thesaurus:casual sexual partner.Envelope used for the adjournment of a match game Efim Geller vs.( highly unfavorable treatment ) : hatchet job.Her straightforward messages of "meat is murder" and "every frat guy has a slam piece" really went over well with the student body. 2012, Kelsey Castanon, " S**t nobody says at K-state: from parking praise to spring fever", Kansas State Collegian, 19 April 2012, page 4:.Ricky was crashing with his slam piece Liana he said she had a posse of hot friends and everything would be raw as hell. 2012, Mike Lacher, On the Bro'd: A Parody of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, Adams Media (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:.Lorna: So, my daughter is just your slam piece? Newman, & Will Gluck, Friends with Benefits: Of course, there’s also the holy Facebook trinity - wall posts, messages (it makes him feel like you’re keeping a big secret, which sends the right message that you’re not above being the secret slam piece on the side) and the coup de grace - pokes (which let him know you’re not a prude and happy to make things physical). 2009, Steve Austin, " Lustful advice for the loveless", Cavalier Daily, 13 February 2009:.2008, Arianne Cohen, " The Multi-Orgasmic Woman Test-driving a Potential New Boyfriend", New York Magazine, 11 February 2008:ĭiscover gay roommate has just stumbled home from a night with his “ slam piece.”.( slang ) A sexual partner to whom one has no particular emotional attachment.1995, Adam Parfrey, Cult Rapture, Feral House (1995), →ISBN, page 258:Ī Soldier of Fortune slam piece sought to devalue Gritz among his own jingoistic constituency.Rowland Evans and Robert Novak have produced another " slam piece" about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Dine, " AIPAC's Action Alert", The Washington Post, 11 March 1991: The article, one paper said, was not a " slam piece, another one of those shots of bad national publicity about Buffalo." 1983, Mark Goldman, High Hopes: The Rise and Decline of Buffalo, New York, University of New York Press (1983), →ISBN, page 274:.
( informal ) A journalistic or other treatment which portrays its subject in a highly unfavorable manner.
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