middlegame

Noun

Meaning

middlegame (plural middlegames)

(board games) The period in a game between the opening and endgame.
Hypernym: midgame

Examples

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

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