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knightmare

noun

Etymology

Blend of knight + nightmare.

  1. inherited from *nihtmare✻
  2. inherited from nyghtmare
  3. compounded as knightmare — “knight + nightmare”

Definitions

  1. A figurative nightmare involving a knight, e.g. a crushing knight move or a hopeless…

    A figurative nightmare involving a knight, e.g. a crushing knight move or a hopeless situation involving a knight.

    • 16...Nbxd5? The wrong knight captures, which leads to a knightmare for Black.
    • 17...cxd5? 18 ♘b5 is obviously a “knightmare” for Black.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for knightmare. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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