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[soheil_hooshdaran]

Why does the author use the expression 'superior qualitative pieces' for White's pieces? Just means his pieces are of better quality?

[Barry Sandercock]

Soheil Hooshdaran wrote:
Re. deficiency.
Means not enough?
So there is some?

Answer: Yes.

[Barry Sandercock]

Soheil Hooshdaran wrote:
Why does the author use the expression 'superior qualitative pieces' for White's pieces? Just means his pieces are of better quality?

The answer is again "yes".

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What is an "anchorage sacrifice"? And why is that called so?

[MartinCarpenter]

Never seen that term used before Can't even obviously think what it might mean.

[Barry Sandercock]

I've never heard of it either, so unable to help you on this one.

[Clive Blackburn]

What is an "anchorage sacrifice"? And why is that called so?

No this is not a normal chess term as far as I am aware.

Writers do sometimes refer to a strongly placed piece as being "anchored" on a certain square, so I suppose it might be an exchange sacrifice played in order to remove such a piece.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Never seen that term used before Can't even obviously think what it might mean.

the book says it is like 20.Rf6 in Dolmatov Anikaev here, "using the overloading of g7 pawn which must protect f6 and h6 as well."

[Clive Blackburn]

Never seen that term used before Can't even obviously think what it might mean.

the book says it is like 20.Rf6 in Dolmatov Anikaev here, "using the overloading of g7 pawn which must protect f6 and h6 as well."

Ah, I looked at that game and I think I understand now.

This theme is usually referred to as "overloading" or "overworked piece".

[Clive Blackburn]

So "anchorage sacrifice" would probably be best translated as "removal of a defender"

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does it mean to break the opponent's coordination?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does it mean to "gather up" a pawn?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Does initiative mean "strategy" in:
20...g3!
The only move which can continue Black's dark-squared initiative.
?

[Barry Sandercock]

Soheil Hooshdaran wrote:
What does it mean to "gather up" a pawn?

He probably means to capture a pawn, although it is an odd way of saying it.

[Barry Sandercock]

Soheil Hooshdaran wrote:
What does it mean to break the opponent's coordination?

I would say it means to disturb the opponent's coordination. Again, not a phrase one would normally use.