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legal code. Always use Arabic figures:
Chapter 1, Chapter 20.
Lowercase when standing
alone.
character, reputation
Character refers to moral qualities.
Reputation refers to the way a
person is regarded by others.
charismatic groups See religious
movements.
Charleston, Charlestown,
Charles Town Charleston is the
name of the capital of West Virginia
and a port city in South
Carolina.
Charlestown is a section of
Boston.
Charles Town is the name of a
small city in West Virginia.
chauffeur
chauvinism, chauvinist
The words mean unreasoning devotion
to one’s race, sex, country,
etc., with contempt for other
races, sexes, countries, etc.
The terms come from Nicolas
Chauvin, a soldier of Napoleon I,
who was famous for his devotion
to the lost cause.
check up (v.) checkup (n.)
Chemical Mace A trademark,
usually shortened to Mace,
for a brand of tear gas that is
packaged in an aerosol canister
and temporarily stuns its victims.
chess In stories, the names
and pieces are spelled out, lowercase:
king, queen, bishop, pawn,
knight, rook, kingside, queenside,
white, black.
Use the algebraic notation in
providing tabular summaries.
In algebraic notation, the
“ranks” are the horizontal rows of
squares. The ranks take numbers,
1 to 8, beginning on white’s
side of the board.
The “files” are the vertical rows
of squares. They take letters, a
through h, beginning on white’s
left.
Thus, each square is identified
by its file letter and rank number.
In the starting position,
white’s queen knight stands on
b1, the queen on d1, the king on
e1; black’s queen knight stands
on b8, the queen on d8, the king
on e8, and so on.
Other features of the system
follow:
—DESIGNATION OF PIECES:
The major pieces are shown by a
capital letter: K for king, Q for
queen, R for rook, B for bishop
and N for knight. No symbol is
used for the pawn.
—MOVES BY PIECES: Shown
by the letter of the piece (except
for the pawn) and the destination
square. For instance, Bb5 means
the bishop moves to square b5.
—MOVES BY PAWNS: Pawn
moves are designated only by the
name of the destination square.
Thus, e4 means the pawn on the
e file moves to e4.
—CASTLING: It is written as 0-
0 for the kingside and 0-0-0 for
the queenside. Kingside is the
side of the board (right half from
white’s point of view, left half
from black’s), on which each
player’s king starts. The other
half is queenside.
—CAPTURES BY PIECES: A
capture is recorded using an x
after the letter for the capturing
piece. For instance, if white’s
bishop captures the black pawn
at the f6 square, it is written
Bxf6.