tabiya

plural tabiyas · alternative tabia

1. board gamesA 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 is one of the most complex tabiyas of the English/Reti complex.

   2010, Mihail Marin, The English Opening Volume 2, page 128

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   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 pretty much the tabiya for this variation. You will encounter it again and again, and it can arise from numerous move orders […]

   2018, Carsten Hansen, The Full English Opening, page 63