ANY CLUE THAT USES A CHESS ABBREVIATION (?)

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Empty bail out?? (7)

B(-ai)L + UNDER (as in under anesthesia) = ?? for a very questionable move

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6379 Empty bail out?? (7) B(-ai)L + UNDER (as in under anesthesia) = ?? for a very questionable move quatrevingtneuf 3
6385 ASDFGHJKL;RNBQKBNR? (4, 3) HOME ROW ddef dohz 3
6391 English explosive (2) ddef: C4 (English Opening) phenomist 3
6377 Pokemon castles in two hours (2-2) H(O-O)H is a Pokemon.
O-O = castles
H = hour
Rubix 2
6378 Trick regular opening with castling king (4) ROOK=trick=def
Regular + O-O + K
Firetruck 2
6386 Previously played the Sokolsky Opening (6) BEFORE (homophone of b4, the Sokolsky Opening) skaldskaparmal 2
6390 Pawn becomes nothing (0) in chess, “pawn” is abbreviated to…nothing dohz 2
6388 Ballad of knight in shining armor taking ogre’s head (4) S_(O_)(N)_G dohz 1
6393 Closed Catalan main-line road that ends in Barcelona traps goose egg (3) The main line of the closed Catalan opening has the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings code E09
Road that ends in Barcelona = E9 (e-route), goose egg=0
E(0)9
ev3commander 1
6394 PB 2 initially indicated to leave loan office? (4,4) PAWN + (-bi)SHOP AuLeaf 0
6402 Repetition of special capture between two rooks is a point (7) R(EP)R+IS+E

(EP being the abbreviation for an en passant capture)
edderiofer 0
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