tabiya

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[edit] Etymology

From Arabic طبيعة (ṭabīʕa), “‘normal manner’”)

[edit] Noun

tabiya (plural tabiyas)

1. (chess) A position in the opening of a game that occurs after a sequence of plays that is heavily standardized, and from which the players have many possible plays again.
   • 2005, Sam Collins, An Attacking Repertoire for White, page 136,

     This position is a real tabiya. It frequently arises from the Queen's Gambit Declined rather than the Caro-Kann […]