The English Language

[Ian Thompson]

in
Many players push out a few pawns
'push out' means 'open'?

It means 'move' or 'advance'.

[Ian Thompson]

What does it mean to 'bring up' the queen?

The sentence this is part of would be helpful. It probably means to develop the queen, or to move it to a square from where it's threatening something.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does it mean to pick up a pawn?
Gain or collect or gather&accumulate or acquire by chance?

[MartinCarpenter]

Gain I guess. It prinicpally refers to the act of capturing it I suppose.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

So no "accumulation of small advantages" is referred to?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does it mean that rooks on the 7th rank tend to tie down the enemy king?
What would be the difference if I replaced tend to with usually?

[Barry Sandercock]

Yes," usually " would be ok, because the King is only tired down if it still on the first rank.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

So why usually? Many times the king leaves the first rank
And is there absolutely no difference?

[Barry Sandercock]

The difference between "tend to " and " usually " is very slight in this instance. "Usually" means generally or commonly and "tend to " is to be in the habit of.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Why habit?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What's the difference between
Black kicks White off the second rank
and
Black drives White away from the second rank

[Barry Sandercock]

No difference. The first is a slang expression, meaning the same thing as the second.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What's the meaning of
As strong as doubling a file can be, tripling is even stronger?

[Barry Sandercock]

I think it means doubling Rooks on a file is strong, so adding a Queen also on the file would be tripling on the file and be even stronger.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

I think it means doubling Rooks on a file is strong, so adding a Queen also on the file would be tripling on the file and be even stronger.

Why are you unsure?