tabiya

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WOTD - 10 April 2009

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From Arabic طبيعة (ṭabīʕa, “normal manner”)

tabiya (plural tabiyas)

(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 […]