Glossary of chess problems

This glossary of chess problems explains commonly used terms in chess problems, in alphabetical order. For a list of unorthodox pieces used in chess problems, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms used in chess is general, see Glossary of chess; for a list of chess-related games, see List of chess variants.

A
actual play:

Albino:

Allumwandlung:

anti-Bristol:

anticipation:

aristocrat:

B
Babson task:

battery:

block:

by-play:

C
clearance:

composition:

cook:

cylindrical board:

D
directmate:

domination:

doubling:

dual:

duplex:

E
economy:

Excelsior:

F
fairy chess:

field:

flight square:

G
grid board:

Grimshaw:

grotesque:

H
heavy:

helpmate:

Holzhausen:

I
ideal mate:

illegal position:

interference:

K
key:

king's field:

L
Lacny:

light:

M
maximummer:

meredith:

miniature:

model mate:

more-mover:

motif:

mutate:

N
Novotny:

O
obtrusive piece:

orthochess:

orthodox chess:

P
phase:

Pickaninny:

Plachutta:

post-key play:

problem:

proof game:

pure mate:

puzzle:

R
reflexmate:

retrograde analysis:

round trip:

royal piece:

S
S:

selfmate:

seriesmover:

set play:

solus rex:

switchback:

T
task:

theme:

threat:

three-mover:

try:

Turton doubling:

twin:

two-mover:

U
unblock:

uncapture:

V
version:

virtual play:

W
Würzburg–Plachutta:

Z
Zepler doubling: