Scacchically Speaking

I just encountered a word that I don’t think I’ve ever seen before, though it took only a moment to realize what it meant. The word is scacchically.

It is the adverb derived from scacchic “of or pertaining to chess”. It appeared in the sentence:

The queen is a piece I recognize, and so is the knight, but what, scacchically, is a “rushdie” and how does it move on the board?
which is a humorous comment on a report to the effect that the Queen has knighted Salman Rushdie. Scacchically means “from the point of view of chess” or “as it pertains to chess”.

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Author:
Greg Keener
Published:
06.19.07 / 3pm
Category:
chess