Words of the Day 20/6/10

zwischenzug

noun (plural: ?)

1.(chess) a tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan
2. 2002 - Eric Schiller, Standard Chess Openings, second edition, Cardoza Publishing, New York; Game (132).
After 12.g4 Be6; Black's 11th move becomes a zwischenzug to provoke another White pawn weakness.
Etymology: From German Zwischenzug, "in-between move", from zwischen, "between", + Zug, "move".

source: allwords.com

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a,b,a. ? (I though Evert was a tennis player.)

a,b,c?

I also think a b c, but the last one's a guess

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Sadly, dumpster fire is an over-defined term, and it doesn't actually identify what it is that is wrong with this place.