Can you name the 4-letter words in this themed word ladder?

Clue	4-Letter Word
♟ Chess Piece ♙
Light's first appearance in the morning
Mend socks
Not light
Relative of geek or nerd
Wine bottle topper
'Harold and Maude' actor Bud
An old codger
Underground portion of a plant
♜ Chess Piece ♖
An item that gets read
Hit, usually over the head
A bell sound or water pipe
Microsoft's search engine
♚ Chess Piece ♔

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Word Ladder: Chess Quiz

by sproutcm

Created Nov 11, 2010 in Just For Fun
Featured May 24, 2011
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	climber_v12:	May 24th, 2011 at 07:10 GMT		3 points
	I love the terms used here. You don't often find 'coot' in word-ladders used in such a good sense. I like 'bonk' as well.

	FritztheSpritz:	May 24th, 2011 at 08:15 GMT		5 points
	I quite like bonking too!

	Sapphire_Hart:	May 24th, 2011 at 09:59 GMT		8 points
	I just can't type fast enough!

	slamb:	May 24th, 2011 at 11:31 GMT		7 points
	List it as a blitz if it's only one minute. I usually get the ladders completed in less that the given time. I was typing the last word as time gave out.

	RonB:	May 24th, 2011 at 12:32 GMT		0 points
	Someone will still complain that there's too much time. Nice quiz.

	ezois:	May 24th, 2011 at 13:02 GMT		-2 points
	Someone probably will. I had 8 seconds left.

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	shawnoc:	May 24th, 2011 at 14:06 GMT		16 points
	So when I take all of the chess pieces out of the box, I'm not really taking out 32 pieces, I'm taking out 16 pieces and 16 what?

	Cerdog:	May 24th, 2011 at 16:28 GMT		2 points
	Chile - A pawn is only not a piece when you're comparing it with things like knights or bishops or it is clear that you don't mean pawns from the context. If you are referring to "pieces" in general, the pawn is definitely one.

	quackman:	May 24th, 2011 at 17:03 GMT		5 points
	Very cool to have silhouettes of the pieces in their clues.

	bug:	May 24th, 2011 at 17:52 GMT		0 points
	Hmmm, I think of "bong" as more of a gong sound than a bell sound. Could we accept ding as well, since it fits with the adjacent words? (albeit that does mean the first letter changes twice in a row.)

	Mimbleton:	May 24th, 2011 at 20:41 GMT		-1 points
	nice quiz - might've included "mate" "move" and "draw"

	Me_TakeItOrLeave:	May 24th, 2011 at 23:16 GMT		1 point
	@bug: Check out sproutcm's archived comment.

	pumpkinking0192:	May 25th, 2011 at 00:50 GMT		3 points
	@bug: Additionally, ding only works if you're working backwards. Bonk -> ding requires three changes in a single step.

	kjmerritt1034:	May 25th, 2011 at 02:34 GMT		-2 points
	Not enought time at all, but rather intelligent

	planetmutty:	May 25th, 2011 at 02:51 GMT		-1 points
	I can think of another definition of bonking that I'd prefer in favour of being hit over the head.

	whatismyname:	Jun 6th, 2011 at 19:09 GMT		-1 points
	Greatest word ladder of all time. I beat it with six seconds to spare.

	flying_tapir:	Jan 7th, 2012 at 21:55 GMT		-2 points
	not enough time

	DevinKelsey:	May 7th, 2012 at 06:27 GMT		0 points
	There was more than enough time to solve this.