endgame
Noun
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Noun
endgame (plural endgames)
- (chess) The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left. [1884]
- 1884 April 12, Horwitz, The Academy, p. 256:
- The real end game consists of a position where the method can be analytically demonstrated by which the slightly superior force can win.
- Rooks become much more important in the endgame.
- 1884 April 12, Horwitz, The Academy, p. 256:
- (bridge) The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
- 1952, Iain Macleod, Bridge Is an Easy Game, p. 190:
- Bridge writing tends to concentrate on the end game.
- You can't really use squeeze plays until the endgame.
- 1952, Iain Macleod, Bridge Is an Easy Game, p. 190:
- (figuratively) The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan.
- 2019 April 25, Heather Schwedel, "The Myth of the Endgame" ↗ in Slate: ↗
- What's her endgame, do you think?
- (video games) The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.
- German: Schlussphase
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