book move
book move noun: an opening move considered to be the best play; a move in a main line.
Noun
book move (plural book moves)
- An opening move considered to be the best play; a move in a main line.
- The researchers only considered the phase between move 10 and move 100 to rule out most of the "book moves" and didn't consider games that lasted fewer than 20 moves.2020 October 21, Peter Doggers, “Top Chess Players Peak Between 35 and 45, Research Shows”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022
- Book move — A standard or conventional move. Not to be confused with a "text move."[2022 June 13, Isaac Aronow, “Chess Terms and Vocabulary”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2023
Forms of book move
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Questions about book move
- What does book move mean?
- Book move means an opening move considered to be the best play; a move in a main line.
- What part of speech is book move?
- Book move is a noun.
- What is the plural of book move?
- The plural of book move is book moves.
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