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middlegame

middlegame noun: the period in a game between the opening and endgame.

Noun

middlegame (plural middlegames)

  1. (board games) The period in a game between the opening and endgame.
    • Kramnik is perhaps the greatest exponent of heavyweight queenless middlegames in the history of chess.2012, Neil McDonald, Chess Success: Planning After the Opening, page 55

middlegame meaning in Vietnamese

middlegame in Vietnamese

the period in a game between the opening and endgame
trung cuộc

Forms of middlegame

pluralmiddlegames

Origin of middlegame

From middle + game.

Questions about middlegame

What does middlegame mean?
Middlegame means the period in a game between the opening and endgame.
What is middlegame in Vietnamese?
Middlegame in Vietnamese is trung cuộc. See Middlegame meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is middlegame?
Middlegame is a noun.
What is the plural of middlegame?
The plural of middlegame is middlegames.

Words near middlegame in the dictionary

  1. middleclicked
  2. middleclicking
  3. middleclicks
  4. middled
  5. Middlefield
  6. middlegame
  7. middlegames
  8. Middleham
  9. middleless
  10. middleman
  11. middlemaning

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