The English Language

[soheil_hooshdaran]

It's an English thing, there's no logic, you just have to learn the rules.

You said I am not allowed to said that. Why?

[IM Jack Rudd]

Because the term has some rather unfortunate connotations.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

"I'll snap off his pawn", means his pawn is bittle?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

"compromising his pawn structure" means weakening it or exposing it to danger?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What's the difference between
White went on to win
and
White continued and won
?

[Matt Mackenzie]

Genuinely not much in this instance.

[Barry Sandercock]

Soheil Hooshdaran wrote:
'I'll snap off his pawn', means his pawn is brittle ?

More likely to mean 'I'll take his pawn ' ( If written in a chess book)

[MartinCarpenter]

Snap in that case being more in the case of a quick grab. Like a crocodile snapping up food.

[John McKenna]

And, to "snap up" (a pawn) is a common expression, but because "brittle pawn" has been used "snap off" is appropriate since we break off brittle things if they are attached to something. (That something being the chessboard in this case.)

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Brittle is not used

[John McKenna]

You used it yourself -

"I'll snap off his pawn", means his pawn is bittle?

Well, not quite....

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What is a "pretty little" combination?

[MartinCarpenter]

Oh goodness that phrase ("pretty little") has all sorts of connotations attached.

It definitely doesn't translate directly. Its often used in a somewhat dismissive manner, of something that looks quite pretty/striking/whatever on first glance, but turns out to have very little depth.

With a combination it might be a bit more straightforward - pretty but with a fairly simple/short/easy to calculate point behind it. Say a queen sac leading to a fairly rapid mate or such like.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Why dismissive?

[MartinCarpenter]

That's part of the complex cultural baggage attached to it I'm afraid!

Nothing in the language.