zwischenzug

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noun

A tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.

OriginGerman Zwischenzug →
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Meanings

nounzwischenzug (plural zwischenzugs)

plural zwischenzugs

  1. board gamesA tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.

    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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
in-between move

Origin

  1. GermanZwischenzug
  2. Englishzwischenzug

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

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