end game

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end game

Two players concentrate on the end game with only a few pieces left on the board.

Definition

Noun: 1. The final stage of a chess game: The phase of a chess match that occurs after many pieces have been captured, typically characterized by strategic maneuvering with kings, pawns, and a few remaining pieces. 2. The final stage of any extended process or strategy: The concluding phase of a complex endeavor, such as a negotiation, business plan, or political campaign, where the ultimate outcome is determined.

Examples
  • Chess context:
    • The grandmaster is a renowned expert in the end game, often winning from seemingly equal positions.
    • In the end game, precise calculation of pawn moves is crucial.
  • Strategic/figurative context:
    • The diplomats entered the end game of the peace talks.
    • The company's end game is to dominate the market by acquiring its main competitor.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be in the end game": To be in the final, decisive phase of a process.
    • With the election only a week away, the political campaigns are now in the end game.
  • "to play the end game": To execute the final part of a long-term strategy.
    • The CEO is carefully playing the end game to ensure a smooth merger.
Variants and Related Words
  • Endgame (noun): This is a common alternative spelling, written as a single word. The meaning is identical.
    • The spy thriller focused on the complex endgame of the intelligence operation.
Synonyms
  • Final phase/stage: The last part of a process.
  • Culmination: The highest or climactic point of something, especially when attained after a long process.
  • Conclusion: The end or finish of an event or process.
Related Phrases
  • Endgame strategy: The specific plan for the final phase.
    • Their endgame strategy involved a massive public relations campaign.
end game

Two players concentrate on the end game with only a few pieces left on the board.

Noun
  1. the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board
  2. the final stages of an extended process of negotiation
    • the diplomatic endgame

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