Chess Terms Beginning with 'L'

Lacny
Ladder climber
Ladder mate
Lag
Lag excuse
Lag victim
Lag warrior
Larsen
Larsen’s Opening
Lasker
Lasker Defense
Lasker Simul Special
Lasker-Pelikan_Variation
late move reductions
Late move reductions (LMR)
Latvian Gambit
Latvian Gambit Accepted
Latvian Gambit Accepted: Leonhardt Variation
Latvian Gambit: 3.d3
Latvian Gambit: 3.d4 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6
Latvian Gambit: 3.exf5 e4
Latvian Gambit: 3.Nxe5
Latvian Gambit: 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6
Latvian Gambit: 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Nc3
Latvian Gambit: Fraser Defense
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Morgado Defense
Latvian Gambit: Mlotkowski Variation
Laws of Chess
Lazy Knight Variation, Sicilian
Leaper
Learning
Leela
Leela Chess Zero
Legal's mate
Legall's Mate
Legend
Lemming Defense
Leningrad
Leningrad Dutch
Leningrad Main Line
Leningrad System
Leningrad Variation (4. Bg5)
Leningrad_Dutch
Levenfish Attack
light-square control
light-square strategy
light-squares
Lightweight
Line
Line clearance
Line closing
Line opening
Lineal champion
Lion Defence
Lion Defense
Lion Defense Anti Philidor Lions Cave Variation
Lion Defense Anti Philidor Variation
Lion Defense Bayonet Attack
Lion Defense: Anti-Philidor, Lion's Cave
Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw
Lisitsin Gambit
Live rating
Locust
Lolli Attack
Lolli Variation
London
London enjoyer
London System
London System Indian Setup with 2. Bf4 e6
London System Indian Setup with early Bf4 and Black ...e6
London System Main Base Position with ...d5
London System Main Line with ...d5
London System Main Line with 3. ...e6
London System Main Line with Black ...e6 and ...c5
London System Poisoned Pawn Variation
London System: Poisoned Pawn Variation
London System:_Poisoned_Pawn_Variation
London_System
London-System-Poisoned-Pawn-Variation
London+System:+Poisoned+Pawn+Variation
Lone king
Long diagonal
Longmover
Loose
Loose piece
Loose Pieces
Loose Pieces Drop Off
LoosePiece
Loss on time
LPDO
LTC
Lucchini Gambit
Lucena
Lucena bishop
Lucena Bridge
Lucena Position
Lucena_Position
Lucena bridge
LucenaPosition
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Last updated 2025-11-08