@billy_eyelashhh said in #1:
> With that said, I don’t think I speak the Chess Player dialect, but I have met and talked to many who do. The only trace of the Chess Player Dialect in my speech is the use of chess player vocabulary (particularly the word "inexplicable.") I don't think anything else in my speech identifies me as a chess player.
> if you can think of anything else (questions, features of the chess player dialect, random comments) please comment below. Do you think you speak the chess player dialect?
Not so much. Personally, I don't care much for chess dialect as I don't think it is particularly important to learn all or a great deal of the chess-related phrases or words, as a chess hobbyist.
In fact, aside from the names of all the chess pieces and a number of openings, my chess vocab is more or less limited to the following terms: Check, Checkmate, Fork, Pin, En passant and two others that I recently learned from a friend: "Pork" (a combination of the words "pin" and "fork") and "Disco-check" (discovered check). Finally, there is the "Double-Dick formation"...That one came from another player I've met, as off-putting as it may sound. As the name implies, "DDF" refers to any technique involving two bishops exerting pressure on the opposing king, as shown in the image below. (We can't take that one seriously tho)
- In the chess world, I believe that one can convey an expression without using specific words for clarification. All in all, I believe you don't particularly need to be well-versed in chess terminology specifically, as you already know enough of it to communicate freely as to express your thoughts accurately, regarding chess. Having said that, you don't have to quit trying in your pursuit of learning more, as I'm not trying to discourage you.
Good luck