40/120, 20/60, SD/30 - means 40 moves in 2 hours followed
by 20 moves in 1 hour followed by Sudden Death in 30 minutes.
G/30 - means 30 minutes for the whole game
SD/30 - means 30 minutes for the whole game
G/5(5) - means 5 minutes game with 5 seconds per move increment.
ACT - Amsterdam Chess Tournament
B - Bishop
BCC - Boylston Chess Club
BOOC - Bishop Of Opposite Color
BOSC - Bishop Of the Same Color
CC - Correspondence Chess
CCT - Corus Chess Tournament
CET - Chess Endgame Training 2.0 from Convekta
C-K - Caro - Kann
CPT - Chess Position Trainer
CTA - CT-Art 3.0 from Convekta
CT(f)B - Chess Tactics for Beginners from Convekta
CTS - Chess Tactics Server
CVT - Chess Vision Trainer from Fussy Lizzard
DG - Historian of the Knights
DLM - De La Maza
ECO - Encyclopedia of Chess Openings
Elo - Rating based on prof. Arpad Elo's system
FCE - Fundamental Chess Endings from Muller and Lamprecht
FICS - Free Internet Chess Server
FIDE - Federation International Des Echecs
FM - FIDE Master
GM - GrandMaster
GPA - Grand Prix Attack
ICC - Internet Chess Club
ICT - Intensive Course Tactics from George Renko CD 1 and CD 2
IG - Icelandic Gambit
IGM - International GrandMaster
IM - International Master
IQP -Isolated Queen's Pawn
K - King
KG - King's Gambit
KIA - King's Indian Attack
KID - King's Indian Defense
LPDO - Lose pieces drop off
M - Master
MDLM - Michael De La Maza
N - Knight
Na3 - Sodium Attack
NCO - Nunn's Chess Openings
NIC - New In Chess
NM - National Master
OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
OCL - Online Chess League
OTB - Over The Board; rated game with real opponent
p - pawn
PCT - Personal Chess Trainer
Q - Queen
QC - Quick Chess
QGA - Queen's Gambit Accepted
QGD - Queen's Gambit Declined
QP - Queen's pawn
R - Rook
RD - Rating deviation used by CTS and FICS
RR - Round Robin pairings
Sac - Sacrifice
SCID - Shane's Chess Information Database
SOCES - Secrets Of Chess Endgame Strategy by Lars Bo Hansen
SOPE - Secrets Of Pawn Endings from Muller and Lamprecht
SS - Swiss System pairings
STC - Slow Time Controls at FICS, ICC, USCL
TCT - Tasc Chess Tutor
TD - Tournament Director
TWIC - The Week In Chess
USCF - United States Chess Federation
USCL - United States Chess Live
WCT - Winning Chess Tactics from Yasser Seirawan
WFM - Woman FIDE Master
WGM - Woman GrandMaster
WIM - Woman International Master
YO - year old
I will make a permanent link of this post in my sidebar.
Do you know more abbreviations we frequently use?
Monday, March 27, 2006
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PCT - Personal Chess Trainer
Maybe MDLM?
I was what all of those things meant. Still wondering what "circles" are. The real abbreviation should read:
GOD - Michael De la Maza
;)
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
Great idea, Tempo. Can't think of any right now.
Over the board. Maybe even 45/45 for the teamchess League.
Wow, I've become an abbreviation! My family will be so proud.
45/45 is 45 moves in 45 minutes. g/30 is game in 30 minutes. g/5/5 is game in 5 minutes with a 5 second per move increment.
OCL - Online Chess League (sponsored by Chessville)
BDK- Blue Devil Knight
I've seen this one occasionally:
CTA - CT-Art Tactics Software
...and I think STC means "Slow Time Controls". They're active on FICS, ICC, and USCL.
CD, if I record BDK then I must do so with all the Knights. Since the abbreviations of the knights give seldom a problem I don't want to mix the list with them.
This is incorrect
> 45/45 is 45 moves in 45 minutes.
1. G45 - means 45 minutes for the whole game.
2. X/Y means X-minutes + Y-increment per move. So 45/45 means 45 minutes plus 45 seconds increments per move. Roughly equivalent to G60 (in my experience)
And how does one say 40 moves in 2 hours plus 1 hour for the rest of the game?
Aye, like Neza said - usually refers to games played in "Team 45 45 League" on FICS/ICC at "http://TeamChess.org". I don't know the FICS link as they seem to have become independent.
Tempo - 40/2, SD/1 which translates 40 moves in 2 hours followed by a 1-hour sudden death period.
45/45 in a Chess Life tournament listing would mean 45 moves in 45 minutes. At least to the best of my recollection. It may have a different meaning online. And yes 45/45 would normal be followed by SD/30. Or 45 Moves in 45 Minutes, Sudden Death 30 minutes. Admittedly an odd time control but I always read 45/45 as 45 moves in 45 minutes.
Thx guys, I believe the time controls have a consistent format now (pfeww)
There are a lot of opening abbreviations, too.
KIA - King's Indian Attack
KID - King's Indian Defense
QGD - Queen's Gambit Declined
QGA - Queen's Gambit Accepted
C-K - Caro-Kann
I'm putting this in my sidebar. Thanks TS.
PS
PS, you are welcome.
SCID
ECO
NIC: New In Chess
FIDE
GM
IM
FM
WGM
WIM
NM: National Master
WFM
SS: Swiss System pairings
RR: Round Robin pairings
QC: Quick Chess
TD: tournament director
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Tempo,
There is an even better link for you to use for the acronym, ECO.
The link you are currently presenting for the acronym, ECO, is okay. But the annoying thing about that chessopolis web page is that the moves of each ECO code are not numbered. I should send an email to the webmaster of chessopolis; but I'm probably going to be too lazy by the time I finish making this post.
Anyway, a better link for the acronym, ECO, is to link to the publisher of ECO. The publisher's web page is a link that people should make a point of sharing with others. What people fail to realize is that only by making reference to the publisher of ECO can we find the actual definitions of the ECO codes. Somebody has to set the standard or there is no uniformity. In a world where people do not appreciate the value of setting standards, we can better serve people by pointing them in the right direction when they come to us and ask for directions.
See http://www.sahovski.com/other/index.php?other=5
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