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zwischenzug

zwischenzug noun: a tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.

Noun

zwischenzug (plural zwischenzugs)

  1. A tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.
    • After 12.g4 Be6; Black's 11th move becomes a zwischenzug to provoke another White pawn weakness.2002, Eric Schiller, Standard Chess Openings, second edition, Cardoza Publishing, New York; Game (132).

Forms of zwischenzug

pluralzwischenzugs

Origin of zwischenzug

From German Zwischenzug, from zwischen (“between”) + Zug (“move”).

Questions about zwischenzug

What does zwischenzug mean?
Zwischenzug means a tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.
What part of speech is zwischenzug?
Zwischenzug is a noun.
What is the plural of zwischenzug?
The plural of zwischenzug is zwischenzugs.

Words near zwischenzug in the dictionary

  1. Zwinglianist
  2. Zwinglianists
  3. Zwinglians
  4. zwischenschach
  5. zwischenschachs
  6. zwischenzug
  7. zwischenzugs
  8. zwittergent
  9. zwittergents
  10. zwitterion
  11. zwitterionic

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