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zwischenzugs

zwischenzugs is the plural of zwischenzug.

Meaning of zwischenzug

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).

Questions about zwischenzugs

What is zwischenzugs the plural of?
Zwischenzugs is the plural of zwischenzug.

Words near zwischenzugs in the dictionary

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

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