The English Language

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Hi.
Why did he say:
The situation has undergone a drastic change. White's weak c4-pawn is gone, and Black is left with an isolated pawn on d6.
and not
The situation has changed drastically .bluh bluh bluh?

Thanks in advance

[Barry Sandercock]

Both mean exactly the same thing. In English, it's often possible to say the same things in several different ways. In Iranian, maybe it's not, I don't know as I don't speak that language.

[Barry Sandercock]

This one is more difficult to answer without seeing the position referred to. I imagine it means by exchanging a piece, it gives a player more space to manoeuvre in.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Hi.
What does "positioning" mean in:

The health and positioning of all pawns is called Pawn Structure.(It is also called Pawn Formation, or Pawn Skeleton.)

?How does it differ from 'placement', 'formation', and similar words?
Thanks in advance

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Exactly the example was a QGA variation in which Capa found a series of forced exchanges for Black, leadinnd to approxinate equality.
I mean why did he used the word 'powers' instead of 'power'?

[Roger de Coverly]

Hi.
?How does it differ from 'placement', 'formation', and similar words?

Hardly at all. It's the usual multiple redundancy of both versions of the English language.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Hi.
Why is 'health' included in this definition of 'pawn structure?

The health and positioning of all pawns is called Pawn Structure.(It is also called Pawn Formation, or Pawn Skeleton.)

?
Thanks in advance

[Barry Sandercock]

The writer is using unnecessarily flowery language and just means the state of the pawn structure (i.e. strong or weak)

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Hi.
What does oblivious mean in:


..Nf6??

Black is oblivious to White's true threat.

? Why not ...unaware of ..... or something like that ?

Thanks in advance

[Roger de Coverly]

? Why not ...unaware of ..... or something like that ?

It's mostly just the usual multiple redundancy of the English Language.

[Michael Flatt]

For variety. It get rather monotonous repeating the same words or phrase time and time again.

Trying to establish why an author chooses one word or phrase in preference to another equally valid one is, I would suggest, a fruitless and pointless task.

In English, as RdC has already indicated several times, one has the choice of a rich and varied vocabulary. If we spot a useful foreign word that describes what we want to say in a way we like it becomes absorbed into the English language.

We have no Académie française, or similar body, to promulgate a particular vocabulary or style of writing. Therein lies some of the beauty and charm of the English Language.

[Barry Sandercock]

He could have said " What is the space giving power, " but he used the plural and said " what are the space giving powers " Much the same thing.
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[soheil_hooshdaran]

Hi.
What's the difference between
Whenever possible avoid blocking your pieces with your pawns.
and
try to avoid.... .
?Thanks in advance

[Barry Sandercock]

It means exactly the same thing.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Hi.
In
An isolated pawn is considered weak because it has no protecting pawns on either side to give it the support it often needs.

Why doesn't the author use 'its adjacent files' instead of side?

Thanks in aadvance