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The zwischenzug (German: pronounced [ˈtsvɪʃənˌtsuːk], "intermediate move"; also called an in-between move) is a chess tactic in which a player, instead of playing the expected move (commonly a recapture), first interposes another move posing an immediate threat that the opponent must answer, and only then plays the expected move.
In music, an intermezzo (/ ˌ ɪ n t ər ˈ m ɛ t s oʊ /, Italian pronunciation: [interˈmɛddzo], plural form: intermezzi), in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities, such as acts of a play or movements of a larger musical work.
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This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order.Some of these terms have their own pages, like fork and pin.For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of named opening lines, see List of chess openings; for a list of chess-related games, see List of ...
Sometimes in Intermezzo, ... Wittgenstein’s conviction in Tractatus that a word may mean different things to different people, ... Ivan is a chess player and data analyst, a rationalist, but ...
Ivan, in his 20s, is a chess prodigy falling for a 36-year-old divorcee. “Intermezzo” chronicles the brothers’ delicate dance around each other’s grief, relationships and expectations.
In chess, a tactic is a sequence of moves that each makes one or more immediate threats – a check, a material threat, a checkmating sequence threat, or the threat of another tactic – that culminates in the opponent's being unable to respond to all of the threats without making some kind of concession.
Intermezzo. Any new novel from ... one a successful lawyer and the other a chess champ trying to find his way, as they navigate a shared grief over their father's recent death as well as their own ...