ALEKHINE: type of battery for digital chess clock ALGEBRAIC NOTATION: A way of recording games for those who can't describe them. ATTACK: a short, sharp-pointed nail. BAD BISHOP: another Catholic caught in a sex scandal BAROQUE CHESS SET: Unrepaired chess set. BIRD'S OPENING: a small hole in the side of a coop. BISHOP PAIR: strange bed fellows. BISHOPS OF OPPOSITE COLORS: a very strange couple. BOARD: What chess widows are at chess tournaments with their husbands BUST: bad opening when playing a well-endowed female CENTER COUNTER: small table in the middle of a room. CHECK: what chess players hate to hear at a tournament or restaurant COLLE: opening for dog lovers CORRESPONDENCE CHESS: the check really is in the mail DANISH GAMBIT: opening for pastry lovers. DISCOVERED CHECK: one that fell behind a desk long time ago. FOOL'S MATE: A chessplayer's spouse. FRENCH DEFENSE: a Maginot line. FRIED LIVER ATTACK: a form of indigestion. GRECO GAMBIT: opening for wrestlers, ILLEGAL: a sick bird. KNIGHT ENDING: dawn. MAROCZY: A chess master who always got in a bind. MAROCZY BIND: an unusual form of constipation. MATE: spouse. MINORITY ATTACK: a civil rights revolt. SAM LOYD: An endgame composer always causing problems. SELF-HELP MATE: a bigamist. SIESTA VARIATION: taking a nap before noon. STALEMATE: a spouse who keeps repeating the same old jokes. WOODPUSHER: lobbyist for the timber industry. FIANCHETTO: Pinnochio's last name. RICE GAMBIT: Gary Hart's favorite opening. ZUGZWANG: German for "constipated." The term is used when it hurts to move.