Dictionary Definition
endgame
Noun
1 the final stages of an extended process of
negotiation; "the diplomatic endgame" [syn: end game]
2 the final stages of a chess game after most of
the pieces have been removed from the board [syn: end game]
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Translations
part of a chess game
- Czech: koncovka
Extensive Definition
In chess, the endgame
refers to the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on
the board.
Endgame, Endgames, or End Game may also refer
to:
In film:
- End Game (2006 film), 2006 political thriller starring Cuba Gooding Jr.
- Highlander: Endgame, the fourth film in the Highlander series, released in 2000
- Endgame (1983 film), 1983 Italian post-apocalyptic film
- Endgame (2008 film), 2008 British film about the end of apartheid in South Africa
- Endgame (short film), short film about chess
- End Game, 2007 Alex Jones film
In television:
- "Endgame" (Alias episode), second-season episode of Alias
- "Endgame" (Babylon 5), episode of Babylon 5
- "Endgame" (Stargate SG-1), Stargate episode
- "Endgame" (Voyager episode), the two-hour series finale of Star Trek: Voyager
- "End Game" (The X-Files), episode of The X-Files
- Endgame (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode), the sixth season finale of that program.
In literature:
- EndGame, a story arc of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book published by published by Archie Comics. It officially encompasses issues 47 through 50
- Clone Wars Volume 9: Endgame, the ninth in a series of trade paperbacks entitled simply Clone Wars
- Endgame (anthology), anthology of short fiction in the Merovingen Nights science fiction series
- Endgame (Derrick Jensen books), two-volume work written by Derrick Jensen
- Endgame (Doctor Who), Doctor Who novel
- Endgame (play), play by Samuel Beckett
- Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror, non-fiction book by Thomas McInerney and Paul E. Vallely
- Enchanters' End Game, the fifth and final book in the Belgariad fantasy series by David Eddings
- Endgame: Solving the Iraq Problem — Once and for All, book written by Scott Ritter
- Endgame is a short story by Amy Tan
- Endgame, a book by Chris Wooding
- Endgame, a book by Andy Secombe
In other fields:
- Endgames (band), new wave/funk group from Scotland that featured original Simple Minds drummer Brian McGee on percussion
- Endgames (Megatokyo), fictional MMORPG in Megatokyo
- Endgame, a track on R.E.M.'s album Out of Time
- EndGame mode, BitTorrent mode
- Endgame, a Sony PlayStation 2 Game made by Empire Interactive and released on 4 Jul 2003