middlegame

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middlegame

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From middle + game.

noun middlegames

  1. The period in a game between the opening and endgame. Kramnik is perhaps the greatest exponent of heavyweight queenless middlegames in the history of chess.

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noun the period in a game between the opening and endgame

한국어중반 jungban
日本語中盤 chūban
中文中局 zhōngjú, 中盤 /中盘 zhōngpán
DeutschMittelspiel
Italianomediogioco
Русскийми́ттельшпи́ль míttɛlʹšpílʹ
Tiếng Việttrung cuộc

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@misc{middlegame_2026,
  title = {middlegame},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/middlegame},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}