Domination

Etymonline dates domination in English to the late fourteenth century in the form dominacioun, taken from Old French dominacion of the twelfth century and from Latin dominationem, a noun of action from dominari meaning to rule, itself from dominus, lord or master, literally master of the house, from domus, house. The chess sense is a specialised one drawn from the world of endgame studies rather than from practical play. Wikipedia states that in chess, and particularly in endgame studies, domination occurs when a player controls all movement squares of an enemy piece, and Wikipedia's glossary gives the same definition while marking its origin as being from endgame studies. Wikipedia offers a Henri Rinck study published in La Strategie in 1920 and the game Beliavsky-Korchnoi 2004 as examples, and lists Genrikh Kasparyan's Domination in 2545 Endgame Studies as further reading. No coiner or first citation for the chess usage was found.

First documented: n.a. for the chess sense; the English word dates from the late 14th century per Etymonline — n.a. for the chess sense