应

yīng

格

gé

grid

pattern

square

各

gè

each

every

棋子

qízǐ

条

tiáo

strip

string

measure word for long thin things

中心线

zhōngxīnxiàn

central files

"center lines"

半开放线

bàn kāifàng xiàn

horn

angle

corner

different

strange

unusual

(the) side

to incline towards

to lean

rule, law

principle, regulation

standard, norm

to enclose

brackt

include

expand

enlarge

stretch

to unfold

to spread out

to stretch

first

original

initial

person

-er

to swim

to wander / roam

to move freely

戏

xì

theatrical performance

playacting

amusement

road

path

street

to practice / train

to drill / exercise

to perfect (one's skill)

international

(Western) chess

one round/move

(White’s move + Black’s move = 1 round)

弈

yì

to play chess/go

Picture two hands (廾) passing a stone back and forth over a board: the essence of turn-based strategy games!

castling

"king - rook change position"

an passant

"eat passing road soldier"

promotion

"small soldier arise transformed"

走法

zǒufǎ

perpendicular

vertical

由

yóu

from

cause

origin

walk to

move to

to move

to shift

to use, to act

to move

movement

location, position

"location to place"

position to put"

to control

to charge

to accuse

establish

manufacture, make

overpower

can

may