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Chess Move With A French Name Crossword Clue

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99%9Exact Match!
noun

• (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed

adverb

• incidentally; in the course of doing something else

37%7 Artist and chess player who said "While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists"
noun

• French artist who immigrated to the United States; a leader in the dada movement in New York City; was first to exhibit commonplace objects as art (1887-1968)

31%10 Said after a chess move that puts the king in check with no possible move to escape
noun

• complete victory

• a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

verb

• place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

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New York Times24 Mar 2024 Down 16
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