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Across 4. Take a firm hold of this and you will win the game 5. Another name used in an opening also an animal 7. Someone once said they are the soul of chess 10. Name of an opening 11. If you don't have this give up chess 13. This is a well known trap named after an animal 15. Sometime you lose this way even though you might be winning 17. One of the last pieces to move 21. Polite greeting 22. This will decide if you win or lose 24. Last name of the strongest woman chess player 25. Everyone should have one 28. End of the game 30. Why sit on your hands 32. Part of the phase of the game 33. Fast game of chess 37. A word used when your pawn reaches the eighth rank 38. Someone you nominate as group leader in your school 39. Another name of an opening named after a country 40. Two pieces are being attacked at the same time 41. special way of taking a pawn off the board for free

Down 1. World Chess Champion 2. Has greater mobility than any other piece 3. Strongest Russian chess player 4. Something you do to make the king safe 6. You either accept it or decline it 8. Number of squares on the board 9. If you do not do this you will not get better 11. Name of a defense 12. Last name of child chess prodigy 17 years old 14. A piece is not able to move 16. Names of openings are named after these 18. Travels along diagonals 19. Can never be taken off the board 20. Creates a circle and is best placed in the center of the board 23. When two pieces are being attacked at the same time 26. Slower game of chess 27. Very important in the opening 29. You visit another school to play in this 31. This is used to speed up a game 34. One of four players to break 2800 in the history of chess 35. You see this the more you play 36. A very important person that helps your chess