premove
premove noun: on certain chess websites: a move set during the opponent's turn which is played automatically (if possible) after the opponent has made their move, done in order to save time in predictable positions.
Noun
premove (plural premoves)
- On certain chess websites: a move set during the opponent's turn which is played automatically (if possible) after the opponent has made their move, done in order to save time in predictable positions.
- Kasparov's loss to Caruana was a tragedy in a winning position. He wanted to trade queens by Qe4-c2, but a mouse slip landed the queen on d3. He tried to drag it to c2, which the computer registered as a premove that fatally lost a bishop. "Computers hate me!" said Kasparov, who famously lost to...2020 September 15, Leonard Barden, “Technical hazard trips up Kasparov as Carlsen and Nakamura battle to a tie”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022
- Bortnyk's lead was never really in doubt and he converted game after game with brisk speed as premoves flew across the board by both players. Nothing seemed to click for Robson as even critical premoves seemed all too often to be mistimed: […]2022 March 11, Anthony Levin, “Bullet Chess Championship Losers Round 2: Bortnyk, Erigaisi, Jacobson, Martinez Advance”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2022
Verb
premove (third-person singular simple present premoves, present participle premoving, simple past and past participle premoved)
- To make a premove.
- Game 18 was another up-and-down affair. First, Esipenko dropped a full rook, which went unpunished as Sarana had probably premoved his reply.2019 June 12, Peter Doggers, “Junior Speed Chess: Sarana Beats Esipenko”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2022
- The second game was drawn. In the third, a bit of drama happened: in a position that was somewhere between equality and a slight advantage to White, Nakamura, by misclicking or premoving or for whatever other reason, hung a piece to a one-move tactic.2021 October 3, Yuriy Krykun, “Champions Chess Tour Finals Day 1: Carlsen Impressive In Opener”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2022
- To incite or cause someone to do something.
- Let it be assumed, then, that God does premove earthly phenomena, and let the further very obvious supposition be also made that He does not desire this premovement to be a visible and palpable fact.1867, William George Ward, Essays on the Philosophy of Theism: Supplementary remarks on freewill, volume 2, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., published 1884, page 187
- To promote or endorse.
- The succeſs that the Presbyterians had in the late troubles againſt the King and his adherents, were undeniable Signs of God's Favour to that party; to follow and premove their Succeſs, was to follow Providence, […]1703, James Webster, The Exact Conformity of the Principles & Practices of the Scots Non-conformiſts to the Apoſtolick Government of the Chriſtian Church, page 4
Adjective
premove (not comparable)
- Before a move.
- I agree to perform residence premove surveys on domestic shipments estimated at 4,700 pounds or more, and/or international shipments estimated at 3,200 pounds or more, at origin points within a 50-mile radius of my nearest agent facility.1971, United States. Army. Military Traffic Management Command, Personal property traffic management regulation (issue 10, page 16)
- A significant portion of the planning process was dedicated to premove testing, such as testing the new facility's air-conditioning capacity.1975 October 1, “Planning Helps DP Center Move 10 Miles in Two Days”, in Computerworld, volume 9, number 40, page 27
Examples of premove in a sentence
- He tried to drag it to c2, which the computer registered as a premove that fatally lost a bishop.2020 September 15, Leonard Barden, “Technical hazard trips up Kasparov as Carlsen and Nakamura battle to a tie”, in Financial Times...
- Premove — In online chess games, setting a piece to move automatically after an opponent moves.[2022 June 13, Isaac Aronow, “Chess Terms and Vocabulary”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2023:
Forms of premove
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | premoves |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | premoves |
| present participle | premoving |
| past participle | premoved |
| past | premoved |
Origin of premove
From pre- + move.
Questions about premove
- What does premove mean?
- Premove means on certain chess websites: a move set during the opponent's turn which is played automatically (if possible) after the opponent has made their move, done in order to save time in predictable positions.
- How do you use premove in a sentence?
- He tried to drag it to c2, which the computer registered as a premove that fatally lost a bishop.
- What part of speech is premove?
- Premove can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- What is the plural of premove?
- The plural of premove is premoves.
Words near premove in the dictionary
Source and license
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