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means good-looking combination?
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That's a long way off all of it.
Initially good looking/striking but without much genuine depth behind it. That perhaps isn't even quite right.
Initially good looking/striking but without much genuine depth behind it. That perhaps isn't even quite right.
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What isn't e3ven quite right?MartinCarpenter wrote: That perhaps isn't even quite right.
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Saying " a pretty little " combination doesn't really mean much. A combination is either sound or it isn't. It probably means it is attractive or unexpected. But then, most combinations are.
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What's the difference between a poor and a weak move?
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No difference.
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So why would you call it poor?
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You might say that a poor move is a failure to play one of the better moves in a position, whilst a weak move is one that manifestly worsens the position. Perhaps the difference between failing to notice win of material and actually leaving material en prise.soheil_hooshdaran wrote:What's the difference between a poor and a weak move?
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You mean if a move is poor, it just means it's not the best move?
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It has to fall short of being the best move by some margin. If the best move wins fairly quickly, the second and third best moves still win, it's only when you get to moves that make the win extremely difficult that you might call them poor.soheil_hooshdaran wrote:You mean if a move is poor, it just means it's not the best move?
But the authors you translate may have a different interpretation.
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Is it a useless move?
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What's the difference between a blunder and a mistake?
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All blunders are mistakes, but not all mistakes are blunders. A blunder is a particularly bad mistake.
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So it's the same as a grave error?
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