endgame strategy
Final phase tactics
Endgame strategy is a plan for the final phase of a competitive situation.
The term comes from chess, where the endgame begins when few pieces remain and different tactics apply.
It extends to business, politics, and negotiations: What's our endgame strategy if they reject the offer?
The phrase implies deliberate planning for how something concludes.
- checkmateInescapable capture position
- coup de grâceMerciful finishing blow
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- closingFinal stage of something
- closing inSteadily approaching something
tactics · maneuver · killer instinct · victory · defeat · gambit · sacrifice · zugzwang · time pressure · resignation · stalemate · clock · calculation · position · winning position · pawns · promotion · king
- game tacticstactics, positioning, decision making, counterplay, defensive play
- endingsthe end, finish, close, final, end
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