overprotection
1Overprotection — in chess is the strategy of protecting a pawn or specific square of the chessboard more than is immediately necessary. This serves to dissuade the opponent from attacking that specific point. This can cause an opponent to pursue a faulty plan or… …
2Overprotection — Overprotection, Überbehütung …
3overprotection — (n.) 1930, originally in reference to children, from OVER (Cf. over) + PROTECTION (Cf. protection) …
4overprotection — noun the act of overprotecting parental overprotection …
5overprotection — n. * * * …
6overprotection — over·pro·tec·tion prə tek shən n undue or excessive protection or shielding specif excessive restriction of a child s behavior allegedly in the interest of his or her health and welfare by an anxious, insecure, or domineering parent …
7overprotection — n. excessive protection …
8overprotection — o ver•pro•tec′tion n …
9overprotection — noun excessive protection (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑momism, ↑overshielding • Derivationally related forms: ↑overprotect • Hypernyms: ↑protection …
10Glossary of chess — See also: Outline of chess and Glossary of chess problems This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order. Some of these have their own pages, like fork and pin. For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see fairy chess… …