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tabia

tabia is the alternative form of tabiya.

Meaning of tabiya

Noun

tabiya (plural tabiyas)

  1. A position in the opening of a game that occurs after a sequence of moves that is heavily standardized, and from which the players have many possible moves again.
    • This position is a real tabiya. It frequently arises from the Queen's Gambit Declined rather than the Caro-Kann […]2005, Sam Collins, An Attacking Repertoire for White, page 136

Forms of tabia

pluraltabias

Questions about tabia

What is tabia the alternative form of?
Tabia is the alternative form of tabiya.

Words near tabia in the dictionary

  1. tabetics
  2. tabetiform
  3. Tabgach
  4. tabhanging
  5. tabi
  6. tabia
  7. tabias
  8. Tabiawan
  9. Tabibi
  10. tabic
  11. tabid

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