Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 47 denouement 44 stalemate 41 pawn 40 brinkmanship 40 gambit 40 pawns 38 strategy 38 capitulation 37 decisive 37 cliffhanger 37 counterattack 37 chess 37 strategizing 37 climax 37 negotiation 37 tactically 36 quagmire 36 showdown 36 inflection point 35 foreshadowing 35 unfolds 35 tactical 35 stalemated 34 climactic 34 juncture 34 inevitability 34 outcome 34 battle 34 duel 34 dogfight 34 slugfest 34 protracted 34 compromise 34 scenario 33 opening salvo 33 critical juncture 33 semantics 33 impasse 33 Kramnik 33 Machiavellian 33 final 33 unraveling 33 nightmare scenario 33 escalation 33 inevitable 33 negotiations 33 bluffing 33 winnable 32 cataclysm 32 eventual 32 evenly matched 32 storyline 32 geopolitics 32 puzzle 32 finality 32 adversary 32 existential 32 rhetorical 32 diplomacy 32 gameplan 32 timetable 32 latter stages 32 troop withdrawal 32 zero sum 32 maneuvering 32 collateral damage 32 decider 32 cagey 31 blowback 31 retrospect 31 roadmap 31 negotiated settlement 31 bogged down 31 crossroads 31 realistically 31 conquest 31 muddle 31 tussle 31 diminishing returns 31 strategic 31 workable 31 disengagement 31 ramifications 31 fait accompli 31 war 31 machinations 31 conclusion 31 emerge victorious 31 uncharted territory 31 subtext 31 hardball 31 permutations 31 gamesmanship 31 confrontation 31 knight 31 quandary 30 Chess 30 battlefield 30 defining moment 30 tightly contested 30 haggling