Noun
On certain chess websites: a move set during the opponent's turn which is played automatically (if possible) after the opponent has made their move, done in order to save time in predictable positions.
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Kasparov's loss to Caruana was a tragedy in a winning position. He wanted to trade queens by Qe4-c2, but a mouse slip landed the queen on d3. He tried to drag it to c2, which the computer registered as a premove that fatally lost a bishop. "Computers hate me!" said Kasparov, who famously lost to IBM Deep Blue in 1997.
Bortnyk's lead was never really in doubt and he converted game after game with brisk speed as premoves flew across the board by both players. Nothing seemed to click for Robson as even critical premoves seemed all too often to be mistimed: […]
Premove — In online chess games, setting a piece to move automatically after an opponent moves.
Verb
To make a premove.
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Game 18 was another up-and-down affair. First, Esipenko dropped a full rook, which went unpunished as Sarana had probably premoved his reply.
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The second game was drawn. In the third, a bit of drama happened: in a position that was somewhere between equality and a slight advantage to White, Nakamura, by misclicking or premoving or for whatever other reason, hung a piece to a one-move tactic.
To incite or cause someone to do something.
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Let it be assumed, then, that God does premove earthly phenomena, and let the further very obvious supposition be also made that He does not desire this premovement to be a visible and palpable fact.
To promote or endorse.
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The succeſs that the Presbyterians had in the late troubles againſt the King and his adherents, were undeniable Signs of God's Favour to that party; to follow and premove their Succeſs, was to follow Providence, […]
Adjective
Before a move.
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I agree to perform residence premove surveys on domestic shipments estimated at 4,700 pounds or more, and/or international shipments estimated at 3,200 pounds or more, at origin points within a 50-mile radius of my nearest agent facility.
A significant portion of the planning process was dedicated to premove testing, such as testing the new facility's air-conditioning capacity.
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Cost limits - usually estbalished as part of an initial appraisal or feasibility study and then progressively developed throughout the life of the project, e.g. initial estimate, premove cost check, tender receipt and report, comparison with estimate and reconciliation, interim cost reports and final account.