"middlegame" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: middlegames [plural]
Etymology: From middle + game. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|middle|game}} middle + game Head templates: {{en-noun}} middlegame (plural middlegames)
  1. (board games) The period in a game between the opening and endgame. Categories (topical): Board games Translations (the period in a game between the opening and endgame): 中局 (zhōngjú) (Chinese Mandarin), 中盤 (Chinese Mandarin), 中盘 (zhōngpán) (Chinese Mandarin), keskipeli (Finnish), Mittelspiel [neuter] (German), mediogioco [masculine] (Italian), 中盤 (chūban) (alt: ちゅうばん) (Japanese), 중반 (jungban) (Korean), ми́ттельшпи́ль (míttɛlʹšpílʹ) [masculine] (Russian), trung cuộc (Vietnamese)

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