semi-closed game

noun

A chess game in which the queen's pawn advances two spaces in the first ply move, but not in the second ply move.

Meanings

nounsemi-closed game (plural semi-closed games)

plural semi-closed games

  1. A chess game in which the queen's pawn advances two spaces in the first ply move, but not in the second ply move.
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