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Rabbit: A humorous (slightly insulting) term for a non-master (Chess Practice - Chess Terminology - see: www.JerelySilman.com). Ram: An elementary pawn structure constituted by two enemy pawns on the same file, occupying two adjacent squares, like (i,j) and (i,j+1), and blocking each other (White pawn is on (i,j) and Black one on (i,j+1)).
The Ram: is a significant basic elementary pawn structure, according to Hans Kmoch's ideas, that we would study closely in our lecture as well as in Chess-Theory Analyzed Games. (Current & New Chess Theory - NCT X - "Chess pawn structure I"). King Ram: e4-e5 (NCT X - "Chess pawn structure I"). Queen Ram: d4-d5 (NCT X - "Chess pawn structure I"). French Ram: e5-e6 (NCT X - "Chess pawn structure I"). Benoni Ram: d5-d6 (NCT X - "Chess pawn structure I"). Tal Ram: e6-e7 (NCT X - "Chess pawn structure I"). rank: an horizontal row of eight squares across the chessboard. There is eight ranks on the chessboard, labelled 1, 2, 3, ..., 8, starting with the rank where originally are situated all White figures and ending with the rank where originally are situated all Black figures. Thus, in the "start position", each rank is occupied like this: (Chess Terminology - NCT II - "Chessboard geometry"). Rapid Chess: A form of chess with reduced time limit, usually 30 minutes per player (Chess Practice - see: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). Rat: Another term for the modern defense (Chess terminology - Chess Opening). Rating: A measure of a player's skill, calculated as a number using a generally accepted formula by an official organization. See "Elo rating". (Chess Practice - see: Ark Angles - Great Australian Software). Elo Rating: A mathematical system, now used worldwide, devised by Prof. Arpad Elo to rank chess players. (Chess Practice - see: www.JeremySilman.com). FIDE Rating TOP 10 News: «In 7 pages are presented on this site photographs and main data related to the current FIDE Rating TOP 10 and other topics about strongest current Chess players. This part of the site will be now regularly updated» «On the home page of the "FIDE Rating TOP 10 News", you will find the following menu: (Chess Practice Today - Chess & Life - Chess Passion). Experimentating with Ratings: «"Life With Alacrity" - Collective Choice: Experimenting with Ratings by Christopher Allen & Shannon Appelcline.» «Comparison Ranking Systems: In a ranking system, items in a hierarchy (most frequently people) rise or fall based upon specific, objective, and well-known rules. This is the heart of most multiplayer competitive systems.» «The ELO System is an example of a ranking system used for two-player games, and is used by the U.S. Chess Federation. Days of Wonder uses a multiplayer variant of the ELO system for their online games. Each system builds a simple distribution of player ratings around a norm (typically 1500 points), then awards or deducts points based upon wins and losses, with the total sum of all points in the system staying constant. Players are then ranked according to their comparative scores.» [Communicated by John E Hawkes for "Chess-Theory"]. (Social software - Chess Rating - Chess Practice). Recapture: If a player responds to the opponent's capture of one of his pieces by capturing the enemy piece involved, he is said to have recaptured the piece (Chess Terminology - see: IBM - www.research.ibm.com/ - Chess Glossary). Recueil de parties et problèmes d'échecs: Collection of games and problems of chess: «Nicholes of S. Nicholaï of Lombardy, Gieu of the eskies. Manuscript copied and painted in Paris, beginning of the XIVe century. Parchment (206 layers) - Paris, BNF, Manuscripts (fr. 1173 f° 3)» «Starting from the end of XIIIth century, collections of games and problems of chess multiply. Endgames, in particular, hold the attention and are used for the composition of studies (with the modern meaning of the word) already very elaborate, similar to those which one composes in Moslem countries since the Xth century. This very neat collection proposes 348 studies of endgames, rigorously described and commented on.» (Chess History - Chess Problems and studies). Redeploy: To manoeuvre a piece onto a more suitable and effective place (square or line) (Chess terminology). Refutation: Analysing a game, a specific phase of a game like the opening or the endgame, or only a position, you may refute a move or, more generally, a sequence of moves, constituting a recognizable mistake. The refutation consists to explain the reasons for which there is an error and to propose a correct answer. (Chess Practice - Chess Analysis). Le Café de la Régence: «The last great tournament - Drawing of M. Horsin-Déon according to photographs. L Capon, engraver. Paris, 1874.» «Principal chess players of the "Café de la Régence" - BNF, Prints and Photography (Kh 449 Fol T. 3 M.23 192)» (Chess Practice in the Past - Chess History). Remis: German for draw (Chess terminology). Renaissance Chess Players: «Chess and Chess Players of the Renaissance» (Chess Practice Today - Chess & Life - Chess Passion). Repetition of Position: A player may claim a draw if he can demonstrate that a three-fold repetition of the position has occurred, with the same player having the move each time (Chess terminology - Chess Rule - see: Chess-Poster.com). Resing: When a player judges his position is hopeless and decides to end the game before the checkmate (Chess Practice). Restrain: Keep controlled the enemy pieces in order to prevent that they appear suddenly too active (Chess Terminology - Current Chess Theory). Retrograde Analysis: To analyze a position to deduce previous moves or to explain how the position was reached (Chess Terminology - Chess analysis). Risk: Like in a military action, a move or a series of moves, designed to gain an advantage, may present a risk and finally lead to a disadvantage (Chess War Terminology). Romantic: An era when all players attacked and sacrificed. If a sacrifice was offered, it was considered cowardly not to take it. A romantic player is one who enjoys attacking and sacrificing (Chess Practice - see: Ark Angles - Great Australian Software). The Rook is next in power to the Queen. She move in straight lines, like the Queen, but not diagonally. Hence she move straight along ranks and files only. She can move as far as she wants, in any direction, until she encounters another piece. It is not easy to bring the Rooks into play; it is an important characteristic. Generally they play a part very reduced in the opening and reveal their importance only in the middle game, and of course during the endgame. (Chess Pieces - CCT II - "Moving figures"). Double(d) Rooks means that both Rooks are in contact, i.e. able to protect each other. The most interesting case is that where both Rooks are doubled on an open file and control this one (Current chess Theory). Rook Endgame: An endgame with only Rooks and pawns on both side. (Chess Terminology - Chess-Theory Analysis). Four Rooks Endgame: An endgame with only both Rooks and pawns on both side. You will find a good example of "Four Rooks endgame" in the game: 
Tibensky, Robert - Reinemer, Frank [A43-e] Brno Trade IM Brno (4), 2005
- Chess-Theory Analyzed Game No 047 After the Queen exchange: 24.Qd5! Qxd5+ 25.Rxd5
all the long endgame is a four Rooks endgame (Chess Terminology - Chess-Theory Analysis). Queen against Rooks: A classical situation where, throughout the Full-Endgame a Queen is confronted to both enemy Rooks. (Current Chess Theory - NCT IV - "Unfolding of a game"). White Rook in 7th rank: The penetration of a White Rook in 7th rank (Current Chess Theory - Chess-Theory Analysis). Black Rook in 2th rank: The penetration of a Black Rook in 2th rank (Current Chess Theory - Chess-Theory Analysis). Rook Lift: A typical manoeuvre of a Rook situated on the i-file (i=a, b, c, ..., h) and wishing to go on another file k (in view to a given action), consisting in three moves (sometimes only two): (Chess Tactics - CCT VIII - "Tactics"). Round Robin: Tournament where each contestant plays one game with every other contestant (Chess Practice - see: Chess-Poster.com). Royal Fork: A fork between King and Queen (Chess Terminology - Chess Tactics). Royal Game: Commonly used description for the game of Chess (Chess Terminology - Chess History - see: Chess-Poster.com). Running: Rapidly transferring the king from one sector of the board to another in order to evade attack (Chess Terminology - see: Ark Angles - Great Australian Software). Ruy Lopez: One of the oldest Chess openings. Also known as the Spanish Game, it was analyzed by Ruy Lopez in his 1561 book "Libro del Ajedrez" (Chess Opening - Chess History - see: Chess-Poster.com).
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