Terms Starting with A

Once the queens are off, the king is a fighting piece — bring it toward the center and the pawns

Put rooks on open files and the seventh rank; connect them early

A preconceived notion. Making judgments about a position without proper justification during a game

A tactic that lures an opponent's piece to a specific square. The strategy aims to guide the king or important pieces to disadvantageous squares to set up subsequent attacks. Nearly synonymous with Decoy