only move
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -uːv
Noun[edit]
only move (plural only moves)
- (chess) The only move to maintain the current evaluation of the position.
- 2015, Jurgen Kaufeld, Guido Kern, Grandmaster Chess Strategy, page 141:
- Andersson must accept the piece sacrifice and after doing so find a whole series of only moves.
- 2019, Cyrus Lakdawala, Winning Ugly in Chess:
- In such positions, failure to comply with an only move means instant death
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see only, move.