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Looks like the same person

Looking at that forum, that did half occur to me, but you'd much more normally say disembodied or conceivably incorporate. Unincorporated is just a bit odd.

MartinCarpenter wrote:Unincorporated is just a bit odd.

It's more usually used in a commercial context to mean a business or organisation that isn't a Company. The BCF was unincorporated, but not ghostly or a whiter shade of pale.

MartinCarpenter wrote:Looks like the same person

Looking at that forum, that did half occur to me, but you'd much more normally say disembodied or conceivably incorporate. Unincorporated is just a bit odd.

Yes, the poster was me.

What's the difference between 'The See-Saw Check' and 'The Windmill'?

Not chess terms I`ve ever heard of, but I would guess repeated checks on the same squares, so not any difference.

Barry Sandercock wrote:Not chess terms I`ve ever heard of, but I would guess repeated checks on the same squares, so not any difference.

According to Wikipedia, which cites the Oxford Companion to Chess as a reference, they both mean the same thing. It's the tactic, where, for example, Black's King is on h8 and White has a Rook on g7 and Bishop on f6, and alternates captures and checks on g7 to win lots of material with the rook. Wikipedia quotes this game:

[Event "Moscow International"]<br> [Site "Moscow"]<br> [Date "1925.11.25"]<br> [Round "12"]<br> [White "Torre Repetto, Carlos"]<br> [Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]<br> [Result "1-0"]<br> [ECO "A46"]<br> [SetUp "1"]<br> [FEN "r3rnk1/pb3pR1/3ppB1p/7q/1P1P4/4N3/P4PPP/4R1K1 b - - 0 26"]<br> [PlyCount "12"]<br> [EventDate "1925.11.10"]<br> <br> 26... Kh8 27. Rxf7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxb7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31. Rg5+ Kh7<br> 32. Rxh5 {...} 1-0

Yes it it the prime example cited in Maizelis' Chess Primier. (unfortunately people stick to this book for beginners in Iran)

What does 'not of course mean in:
Not of course that this is an aspect of the matter to which they themselves would publicly call attention.

I suspect there are some commas missing.

"Not, of course, that this is an aspect of the matter to which they themselves would publicly call attention."

In which case, the "of course" is a parenthetical phrase without which the sentence would still make perfect sense.

IM Jack Rudd wrote:I suspect there are some commas missing.

"Not, of course, that this is an aspect of the matter to which they themselves would publicly call attention."

In which case, the "of course" is a parenthetical phrase without which the sentence would still make perfect sense.

It is also entirely superfluous and should just be crossed out altogether.

Thanks

What's the difference between
trainer
instructor
coach
?

Nothing generic. In a specific field(s) potentially quite a bit, but that'll be basically jargon.

I am asking about
chess trainers
chess instructors
chess coaches

Still essentially the same then I'd think, but I wouldn't be surprised to find groups of people with specific shades of meanings for each one.

How is a 'wife' different from a 'consort'?