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Pawn

  Strong Pawn                                    STRP
  Central Strong Pawn   CSTP
  Relatively Strong Pawn   RSTP
  Weak Pawn   WEAP
  Backward Pawn   BACP
  Duo   DUOX
  Isolated Duo   IDUO
  Mobile Duo   MDUO
  White Mobile Duo   WMDU
  Black Mobile Duo   BMDU
  Double(d) Pawns   DOPA
  Tripled Pawns   TRPA
  Quadrupled Pawns   QUPA
  Poisoned Pawn   POIP
  Advanced Pawn   ADVP
  Fixed Pawn   FIXP
  Hanging Duo   HAND
  Hanging Pawns   HANP
  Pawn Obstacle   POBS
  White Pawn Obstacle   WPOB
  Black Pawn Obstacle   BPOB
  Isolated Pawn   ISPA
  Strong Isolated Pawn   STIP
  Weak Isolated Pawn   WEIP
  Central Isolated Pawn   CEIP
  Pawn Island   PWIS
  Pawn Storm   PWST
  (diagonal) Pawn Chain   PACH
  Base of a (Pawn) Chain   BPCH
  Head of a (Pawn) Chain   HPCH
  Connected Pawns   CONP
  Half-Free Pawn   HFRP
  Candidate Pawn   CAPA
  White Candidate Pawn   WCAP
  Black Candidate Pawn   BCAP

Passed Pawn

  Passed Pawn                                    PAPA
  White Passed Pawn   WPAP
  Black Passed Pawn   BPAP
  Protected Passed Pawn   PPPA
  White Protected Passed Pawn   WPPP
  Black Protected Passed Pawn   BPPP
  Unprotected Passed Pawn   UPPA
  White Unprotec. Passed Pawn   WUPP
  Black Unprotec. Passed Pawn   BUPP
  Connected Passed Pawns   COPP
  Outside Passed Pawn   OUPP

Pawn Structure

  Pawn Structure                                PSTR
  White Pawn Structure   WPST
  Good White Pawn Structure   GWPS
  Bad White Pawn Structure   BWPS
  Black Pawn Structure   BPST
  Good Black Pawn Structure   GBPS
  Bad Black Pawn Structure   BBPS
  Shapeless Pawn Structure   SPST
  Elementary Pawn Structure   ELPS
  Mobile Pawn Structure   MOPS
  Blocked Pawn Structure   BLPS

Penetration

  Penetration                                       PENE
  White Penetration   WPEN
  Black Penetration   BPEN
  Reciprocal Penetration   RPEN

Piece(s)

  Major Pieces                                    MAPI
  Doubling Major Pieces   DMAP
  Tripling Major Pieces   TMAP
  Minor Pieces   MIPI
  Buried Piece   BURP
  Pieces in Contact   PICO
  Active Piece(s)   ACPI
  Inactive Piece(s)   INPI

Piece Comparison

  Good Knight Bad Knight                  GNBN
  Good Knight Bad Bishop   GNBB
  Good Bishop Bad Knight   GBBN
  Good Bishop Bad Bishop   GBBB
  Good Queen Bad Queen   GQBQ
  Good King Bad King   GKBK

Pin(ned)

  Pin                                           PINX
  Absolute Pin   APIN
  Relative Pin   RPIN
  Pin Move                                           PINM
  Absolute Pin Move   APIM
  Relative Pin Move   RPIM
  Pinned Piece   PIPI
  Pinned Pawn   PINP
  Pinned Knight   PINN
  Pinned Bishop   PINB
  Pinned Rook   PINR
  Pinned Queen   PINQ

Plan

  Plan                                                    PLAN
  No Plan   NPLA
  White Plan   WPLA
  Black Plan   BPLA
  White Good Plan   WGPL
  Black Good Plan   BGPL
  White Bad Plan   WBPL
  Black Bad Plan   BBPL

Play

  Positional Play                                  POPL
  Combinatorial Play   COPL
  Tactical Play   TAPL
  Strategic Play   STPL
  White Accurate Play   WAPL
  Black Accurate Play   BAPL
  White Inaccurate Play   WIPL
  Black Inaccurate Play   BIPL
  White Energic Play   WEPL
  Black Energic Play   BEPL

Counter Play

  Counter Play                                    CTPL
  Sufficient White Counter Play   SWCP
  Sufficient Black Counter Play   SBCP
Insufficient White Counter Play   IWCP
Insufficient Black Counter Play   IBCP

Position

  Balanced Position                           BAPO
  Unbalanced Position            UNPO
  Cramped Position   CPPO
  Critical Position   CRPO
  Open Position   OPPO
  Closed Position   CLPO
  Drawn Position   DRPO
  Overextended Position   OVPO
  Wild Position   WIPO
  Winning Position   WNPO

Positional

  Positional Play                                  POPL
  Positional Mistake   PMIS
  Positional Sacrifice   PSAC
  Positional Stranglehold   PSTX

Prisoner

  White Prisoner (in his camp)         WPRI
  Black Prisoner (in his camp)   BPRI

Prophylaxis

  Prophylaxis                                      PRPH
  Prophylactic Move   PROM
  Overprotection   OVPR

Protection

  Mutual Protection                             MUTP


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