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zwischenzug

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: board-games, chess, games

Examples

  • 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.

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History

Etymology

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