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Answer 1

Rating: A number that comes from a formula devised by Dr. Arpad Elo which indicates a player's strength, based on his win-loss record against other rated players.

Resigns: To give up the game and concede defeat before getting checkmated. Not to be confused with 'forfeit'.

Risk: A move or combination that aims for advantage in a game while carrying the danger of ending up with a poor position.

Sacrifice: To exchange a piece for an opponent's lesser-valued piece in order to gain a positional or tactical advantage.

Semi-Open Game: Type of position resulting when white plays 1. e4 and black replies with anything other than 1. e5.

Sharp: A move that boldly attempts to grab the initiative, involving commitment and bridge-burning, that is, "there's no going back now!".

Shot: An unexpected and sudden strong move that surprises your opponent.

Simplify: Act of exchanging pieces in a game to reduce complexity or stop an enemy attack.

Skewer: A tactic where you attack two of your opponents pieces at the same time along a rank, file, or diagonal, and the more-valuable piece is attacked first.

Space: The territory (squares) controlled and occupied by each player's pieces and pawns.
from http://www.kidchess.com/glossary/abridged_glossary.htm

1.
When reading a book about chess, you come across the word "shot." What is the definition of the word "shot" as it is used in the book?

act of exchanging pieces in a game to reduce complexity or stop an enemy attack
to give up the game and concede defeat before getting checkmated
an unexpected and sudden strong move that surprises your opponent
a player's strength, based on his win-loss record against other rated players

Answer 2

In the passage it gives you: "Shot: An unexpected and sudden strong move that surprises your opponent." Which of the options describes that? :)

Answer 3

is it c?

Answer 4

Yes :)