单词 | middle game |
释义 | > as lemmasmiddle game middle game n. Chess the central phase of a chess game when strategies are developed; the part of the game between the opening and the endgame; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > part of game opening1735 endgame1749 development1820 middle game1848 1848 Chess Player's Chron. Oct. 306 Many there are who have acquired a competent knowledge of the openings and endings, but who, when launched upon the wide sea of the middle game, drift about bewildered, without rudder to guide, or compass to steer by. 1894 J. Mason Princ. Chess 184 No true knowledge of it [sc. the opening] is possible independently of a fair knowledge of..the middle game and end. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Nov. 664/4 The main portion of the work..is concerned with middle-game tactics. 1988 Chess Dec. 7/1 Chess masters in their practice frequently aim at theoretically well-known middlegame positions characteristic of various openings. < as lemmas |
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