The English Language

[John McKenna]

Where is the verb n:
"Absolutely ZERO truth to rumors that @JohnKerry apologized to Iran over Sailors. Nothing to apologize for,"

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There is absolutely ZERO truth to the rumours...


The missing verb above, in a grammatical sense, is the present tense of the verb "to be".

In a geopolitical sense I'd say that the missing verb is 'to tweak' - John Kerry had no need to apologise to Iran since the commander of the US Navy boats rightly did that. The Iranians tweaked the nose of the USA during the President's State of the Union address due to errors by US service personnel. When compared to apologies that those in the chain of command will have to make to their superiors at the Pentagon those made to Iran will pale into insignificance.

[Alistair Campbell]

What's the most difficult aspect of attacking the King, as stated by IM & FST Andrew Martin after 1:10 minutes in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up4-DxIU3W0

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"Gauging when conditions are right to launch an attack"?

Do you find Andrew Martin's accent difficult to understand?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What's the most difficult aspect of attacking the King, as stated by IM & FST Andrew Martin after 1:10 minutes in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up4-DxIU3W0

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"Gauging when conditions are right to launch an attack"?

Do you find Andrew Martin's accent difficult to understand?

It's mostly clear but I was looking for synonyms of 'decide' here.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does 'late arrivals' mean as the title of a section of a players life&games?

[John McKenna]

Possibly games that arrived too late at the publishers to be incorporated properly into the main text?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

So I need to ask the author himself?

[Barry Sandercock]

I think John's answer must be correct, so no need to trouble the author.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does the comment:
Essentially desperation.
mean?

[John McKenna]

"Essentially desperation" is the feeling one gets when dying for a pee (در حال مرگ برای توالت).

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does it mean to say:
In the ensuing endgame Black alone has winning chances.

[Roger de Coverly]

In the ensuing endgame Black alone has winning chances.

Possible results

White win: never
Draw : perhaps
Black win : perhaps

Grandmasters and Commentators and Grandmaster Commentators will sometimes refer to this as playing for two results.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does it mean that:
As Queen exchanges go, White's has been obtained under favorable conditions.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

In the ensuing endgame Black alone has winning chances.

Possible results

White win: never
Draw : perhaps
Black win : perhaps

Grandmasters and Commentators and Grandmaster Commentators will sometimes refer to this as playing for two results.

I mean the word 'alone'

[Clive Blackburn]

I mean the word 'alone'

'Black alone' means 'only Black'.

[Matt Mackenzie]

What does it mean that:
As Queen exchanges go, White's has been obtained under favorable conditions.

Basically, that the queen exchange in that situation suits White and not Black?