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tabiya

/təˈbiːə/

tabiya noun: 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.

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
    • This is one of the most complex tabiyas of the English/Reti complex.2010, Mihail Marin, The English Opening Volume 2, page 128

Forms of tabiya

pluraltabiyas
alternative formtabia

Origin of tabiya

From Arabic تَعْبِئَة (taʕbiʔa) or تَعْبِيَة (taʕbiya, “mobilization, arrangement”).

Questions about tabiya

What does tabiya mean?
Tabiya means 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.
What part of speech is tabiya?
Tabiya is a noun.
How do you pronounce tabiya?
Tabiya is pronounced /təˈbiːə/.
What is the plural of tabiya?
The plural of tabiya is tabiyas.

Words near tabiya in the dictionary

  1. tabinet
  2. tabinets
  3. Tabio
  4. tabis
  5. Tabitha
  6. tabiya
  7. tabiyas
  8. tabla
  9. Tablac
  10. tablaist
  11. tablaists

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