A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

K

K: Abbreviation for King.

Karnamak: Persian epic written about 600 AD. Possibly the first piece of literature to refer to Chess.

Key: The unique, first move in the solution to a Chess problem.

K IA: King's Indian Attack.

Kibitz: To comment during a game, or during analysis following a game, within the hearing of the players. The term is often used in a pejorative sense, and is in many occasions applied to the comments of a spectator for whom the players have little respect.

Kibitzer: One who kibitzes.

K ID: King's Indian Defense .

King: The most important of the Chessman, and consequently usually the largest. The King may move one square in any direction, and a game is over when the King is checkmated.

King Hunt: A prolonged attack on the opponent's King which usually dislodges it from a shielded, defensive position with a series of checks and sacrifices. A successful King-hunt ends in checkmate.

Kingside: The half of the board made up of the e, f, g, and h files. Kingside pieces are the King, the Bishop next to it, the Knight next to the Bishop, and the Rook next to the Knight.

King's Pawn opening: The move 1. e4. Bobby Fischer's favorite opening. Moving the King Pawn opens lines for the King Bishop and the Queen, occupies a key central square and prevents the opponent from occupying squares diagonally in front of the Pawn.

Knight: A Chess piece which moves either two squares vertically and one square horizontally or two squares horizontally and one square vertically. In the first step of this move, the K night may pass "through" squares already occupied. The K night's move has not changed since Chess was devised.

Knight Fork: Any double attack by a K night.

Knight's Tour: A Chess puzzle whereby the K night is moved 64 times, landing on each square only once. A solution is called "re-entrant" if the K night finishes on a square which is a K night's move away from the square where it began.