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proof games

proof games is the plural of proof game.

Meaning of proof game

Noun

proof game (plural proof games)

  1. A chess game starting from the initial position which results in a particular position appearing on the board, associated with retrograde analysis problems.
    • In this and the next problem, don't be concerned that the moves make absolutely no sense in the normal way. These are similar to what problemists call "shortest proof games" (SPGs). The object of an SPG is not to checkmate the opponent but to reach a given configuration in the fewest moves from the...1999, Burt Hochberg, Chess Braintwisters, New York, N.Y.: Sterling Publishing Co, Inc., →ISBN, page 30
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see proof, game.

Questions about proof games

What is proof games the plural of?
Proof games is the plural of proof game.

Words near proof games in the dictionary

  1. proof by example
  2. proof by exhaustion
  3. proof charge
  4. proof charges
  5. proof game
  6. proof games
  7. proof house
  8. proof houses
  9. proof leaf
  10. proof leaves
  11. proof mark

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