Noun
middlegame (plural middlegames)
(board games) The period in a game between the opening and endgame.
Hypernym: midgame
In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before anything else; for, whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame. José Raúl Capablanca
Another important strategical question in the middlegame is whether and how to reduce material and transform into an endgame (i.e. simplify ). Source: Internet
However, in some openings, one player accepts less space for a time, to set up a counterattack in the middlegame. Source: Internet
Middlegame main The middlegame is the part of the game which starts after the opening. Source: Internet
Silman (1998), pp. 202–5 Another important strategic question in the middlegame is whether and how to reduce material and transition into an endgame (i.e. simplify ). Source: Internet
There is no clear line between the opening and the middlegame, but typically the middlegame will start when most pieces have been developed. Source: Internet