Zwischenzug
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Zwischenzug is a noun meaning (chess) A tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.
Meaning
(chess) A tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.
Example Sentences
2002, Eric Schiller, Standard Chess Openings, second edition, Cardoza Publishing, New York; Game (132). After 12.g4 Be6; Black's 11th move becomes a zwischenzug to provoke another White pawn weakness.
Word Forms
- zwischenzugs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intermezzo, zwischenschach, interference, time-out, zugzwang, counterplay.
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