Answers.Body: <p>Some theories:</p>
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  <li>Eugene B. Cook - Problem solver who could detect flaws in many compositions</li>
  <li>&quot;The term (cook) was first used in connection with chess by Kling and Horwitz in their magazine The Chess Player, 1851, p.40. Mr. Alexander's [Alexandre's] collection of two thousand problems contains many faulty positions, and we shall now and then cook some of them, which may amuse...many of our readers.&quot; The Oxford Companion to Chess by David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld</li>
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Body: <p>What is the origin of the term “cooked” for a chess problem with an additional, unintended solution?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I have no evidence but I suspect a deformation of the French word "coquille" that has a meaning of "flaw, unintentionnal mistake".
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Title: Where does the term “cook” originate?
ThreadText: # Where does the term “cook” originate?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-12)
  
  What is the origin of the term “cooked” for a chess problem with an additional, unintended solution?
  
  **Tags:** problems, history, terminology
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I have no evidence but I suspect a deformation of the French word "coquille" that has a meaning of "flaw, unintentionnal mistake".  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2022-10-12. Score: 6
  
  Some theories:
  
  * Eugene B. Cook - Problem solver who could detect flaws in many compositions
  * "The term (cook) was first used in connection with chess by Kling and Horwitz in their magazine The Chess Player, 1851, p.40. Mr. Alexander's [Alexandre's] collection of two thousand problems contains many faulty positions, and we shall now and then cook some of them, which may amuse...many of our readers." The Oxford Companion to Chess by David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld
  
  
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