tabiya means A position in the opening of a game that occurs after a sequence of moves that is heavily standardized, and from which the players have many possible moves again. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.
tabiya is pronounced /təˈbiːə/.
Etymology
From Arabic تَعْبِئَة (taʕbiʔa) or تَعْبِيَة (taʕbiya, “mobilization, arrangement”).
noun
- A position in the opening of a game that occurs after a sequence of moves that is heavily standardized, and from which the players have many possible moves again.“This position is a real tabiya. It frequently arises from the Queen's Gambit Declined rather than the Caro-Kann […]”