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The Grandmaster Plan

Every word is a calculated move.

A strategic crossword challenge for chess lovers and word game enthusiasts, featuring clues on grandmasters, famous openings, and tactical terms.

1.Plan of action

5.Resource measured by a special clock in tournaments

6.Make the first move

8.A particular sequence of opening moves in chess

10.Former U.N. head with a palindromic first name

11.It's all in this, for a strategist

12.Essential component of a plan

2.Prefix for a combative strategy, like ___-aircraft or ___-Sicilian

3.Chess giant, like Fischer or Kasparov

4."The Magnificent ___" (classic strategy film)

5.Popular strategic approach, e.g., in fashion or chess

6.Extended period of losses for a player

7.Indian grandmaster Viswanathan, a five-time world champion

9.What a chessmaster seeks to win

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