Here are more chess-related terms that you will found in tournaments:

'Plan' : The result of a mental process concerning how one should proceed in a position. It consists of moves sequences, intended piece locations and other observations. A plan often uses general concepts.

'Strategy' : The methods one player is using in order to accomplish a plan. Must be based on the strategic factors that are present.

'Tactics' : When several captures, threats, pawn thrusts etc. may take place, a position is said to have tactical possibilities. To play correctly, the players need to examine the tactics (calculate or 'count' the variations).

'Positional' : Anything relevant to the pieces positioning and to how it affects the evaluation of a certain position.

'Manoevre' : A sequence of moves that places a piece on a target square.

'Analysis' : A complete examination of tactical and positional possibilities, usually containing explanatory comments.

'Pawn majority' : To have more pawns than the opponent has in a wing.

'Blocked pawn' : A pawn that can not advance because an enemy pawn blocks its way.

'Free pawn' : A pawn that may advance easily, for there are no enemy pawns in front of it on its own file or on the close files.

'Isolated pawn' : A pawn is isolated, when no pawns of the same colour exist in the close files.

'Backward pawn' : A pawn that is weakened, because it has not advanced as much as the pawns on the close files.

'Doubled pawns' : Two or more pawns of the same colour residing on the same file.

'Center pawns' : The pawns d2,e2 and d7,e7 in the initial position.

'Compensation' : A positional returning to compensate for the material loss.

'Initiative' : The privilege to be a little more active than the opponent. It is considered to be a slight advantage, but if not exploited it may vanish.

'Opposition' : In an endgame a player has the opposition if his King is placed opposite to the enemy King in the same file, rank (or diagonal, in the case of the

diagonal opposition) with 1, 3 or 5 squares in-between. The opposition is of significance importance is certain endings.

'Forced move' : A move that one is obliged to make, because it is the only valid move in the position. Sometimes used to describe a move that if one does not make he will lose for sure.

'Zugzwang' : A move that leads to defeat and is such that, if one could avoid making (say if he could 'pass'), he would not lose.

'Waiting move' : A move that leads to zugzwang.

'Staunton' : Past World Class player. A particular set of pieces is named after him.

'Time-trouble' : The situation where a player must make a number of moves in a short time.

'Practical chess' : Chess played at tournaments mainly. In practical chess a player needs not only care about the best move he can find, but also about time issues, psychology etc.