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Oct 5, 2001

This week's theme
Words from chess

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zugzwang
checkmate
gambit
stalemate
endgame

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Unusual words

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endgame

noun:
1. The final stage of a game of chess in which only a few pieces are left.
2. The final stage of a game, process, or activity.

"Defense Secretary in the 1960s and memoir writer in the 1990s, McNamara still gropes for the elusive coherence that can offer a graceful endgame for his life."
Mike Ervin; In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam (book review); The Progressive (Madison, Wisconsin); Jun 1, 1995.

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