Latest update June 15, 2017
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
AoA - Art of Attack from Vukovic
AoAiC - Art of Attack in Chess from Vukovic
APROP - Ability to PROject Positions (APROP). From the book "Chess master ... at any age" by Rolf Wetzell.
ATH - All Time High (rating)
B - Bishop
B.A.D. - Barely Adequate Defended
BCC - Boylston Chess Club
BOOC - Bishop Of Opposite Color
BOSC - Bishop Of the Same Color
BV - Board Vision
CC - Correspondence Chess
CCT - Checks, Captures and Threats
CET - Chess Endgame Training 2.0 from Convekta
C-K - Caro - Kann
COW - Chess Openings Wizard (former Bookup)
CPM - Checks Per Minute
CPT - Chess Position Trainer
CT - Chess Tempo
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
EGT - Equal or Greater Threat
Elo - Rating based on prof. Arpad Elo's system
FAC - Exercise Find All Checks
FCE - Fundamental Chess Endings from Muller and Lamprecht
FICS - Free Internet Chess Server
FIDE - Federation International Des Echecs
Fun - Function in the sense of Lasker's Manual of Chess
FM - FIDE Master
GM - GrandMaster
GPA - Grand Prix Attack
HAD - Hyper Accelerated Dragon
HE - Hazardous Elements of Chuzhakin
HTRYC - How To Reassess Your Chess from Silman
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
KITB - King in the Box
LMoC - Lasker's Manual of Chess
LoA - Line of Attack
LPDO - Loose pieces drop off
LTM - Long Term Memory
M - Master
M1-e - Mate In One Easy
M1-h - Mate In One Hard
MDLM - Michael De La Maza
MPM - Mates Per Minute
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
PLF - PoPLoAFun Point of Pressure, Line of Attack, Function
PoP - Point of Pressure
PP=BD - Pinned Piece is Bad Defender
Q - Queen
QC - Quick Chess
QGA - Queen's Gambit Accepted
QGD - Queen's Gambit Declined
QP - Queen's pawn
R - Rook
RCCM - Robert Coble Chess Module
RD - Rating deviation used by CTS and FICS
RR - Round Robin pairings
Sac - Sacrifice
SCEC - Silman's Complete Endgame Course
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
SRS - spaced repetition set. Custom made problemset at CT.
SS - Swiss System pairings
STC - Slow Time Controls at FICS, ICC, USCL
STM - Short Term Memory. Typically 7 - 12 placeholders for information and fading away in seconds.
T&E - Trial and error
TCT - Tasc Chess Tutor
TD - Tournament Director
TINSTAAFL - There is no such thing as a free lunch
ToA - Tree of Analysis
TP - Thought Process
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?
PCT - Personal Chess Trainer
ReplyDeleteMaybe MDLM?
I was what all of those things meant. Still wondering what "circles" are. The real abbreviation should read:
ReplyDeleteGOD - Michael De la Maza
;)
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, Tempo. Can't think of any right now.
ReplyDeleteOver the board. Maybe even 45/45 for the teamchess League.
ReplyDeleteWow, I've become an abbreviation! My family will be so proud.
ReplyDelete45/45 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.
ReplyDeleteOCL - Online Chess League (sponsored by Chessville)
ReplyDeleteBDK- Blue Devil Knight
I've seen this one occasionally:
ReplyDeleteCTA - CT-Art Tactics Software
...and I think STC means "Slow Time Controls". They're active on FICS, ICC, and USCL.
ReplyDeleteCD, 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.
ReplyDeleteThis is incorrect
ReplyDelete> 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?
ReplyDeleteAye, 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.
ReplyDeleteTempo - 40/2, SD/1 which translates 40 moves in 2 hours followed by a 1-hour sudden death period.
ReplyDelete45/45 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.
ReplyDeleteThx guys, I believe the time controls have a consistent format now (pfeww)
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of opening abbreviations, too.
ReplyDeleteKIA - 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.
ReplyDeletePS
PS, you are welcome.
ReplyDeleteSCID
ReplyDeleteECO
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
Space,
ReplyDeleteI processed your input
Tempo,
ReplyDeleteThere 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