endgame
Closing strategic stage
Endgame is the final stage of a chess game, when few pieces remain and victory depends on precise maneuvering.
The word extends to any concluding phase of a process, especially one involving strategy: What's your endgame here?
The negotiations entered their endgame.
It implies that earlier moves have shaped what's now possible.
Inescapable capture position
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- zugzwangObligatory weakening move situation
- middlegameCentral chess phase
- openingGap or start
opposition · promotion · technique · conversion · simplification · calculation · fortress · triangulation
Concluding part of performance
- showdownDecisive final confrontation
- culminationHighest or final point
- denouementStory's final unraveling
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
final act · turning point · decisive moment · last stand · final battle · grand finale · climactic · peak
State of conclusive completion
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- completionAct of finishing
- terminationAct of ending something
- wrap-upConcluding summary or review
outcome · result · aftermath · epilogue · last chapter · final stage · home stretch · wind-down
Arranging for future events
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- positioningArranging in specific locations
anticipation · calculation · counterplay · long-term · contingency · preparation · execution · adaptation
Purpose or goal
- targetObject of pursuit
- destinationIntended arrival point
- finishBring to completion
- payoffCulminating benefit received
checkmate
Inescapable capture position
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- zugzwangObligatory weakening move situation
- middlegameCentral chess phase
opening · opposition · promotion · technique · conversion · simplification · calculation · fortress · triangulation · breakthrough
finale
Concluding part of performance
- showdownDecisive final confrontation
- culminationHighest or final point
- denouementStory's final unraveling
resolution · final act · turning point · decisive moment · last stand · final battle · grand finale · climactic · peak · watershed
finality
State of conclusive completion
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- completionAct of finishing
- terminationAct of ending something
wrap-up · outcome · result · aftermath · epilogue · last chapter · final stage · home stretch · wind-down · finish line
planning
Arranging for future events
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
positioning · anticipation · calculation · counterplay · long-term · contingency · preparation · execution · adaptation · consolidation
objective
Purpose or goal
- targetObject of pursuit
- destinationIntended arrival point
- finishBring to completion
- Shogilance, rook, pawn, knight, bishop
- Robotics Competitionsrobot, BattleBots, humanoid robots, Worlds, regionals
- chesscheck, pawns, knights, rooks, pawn
- Scrabbletiles, board, rack, blank, triple word
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- aspirationsdream, goals, dreams, purpose, mission
endgamebeginning
Initial stage of something
opening · start · early game · first move · dawn
endgameopening
Gap or start
early game · middlegame · setup · buildup · preparation