The English Language
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Thanks.
What does it mean that White wants to hold everything on the kingside and in the center?
What does it mean that White wants to hold everything on the kingside and in the center?
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Sounds like White (W) wants to keep ('hold') all things on the K-side and in the centre as they stand.
That strategy could imply that W is going to try to focus play on the Q-side.
That strategy could imply that W is going to try to focus play on the Q-side.
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So hold together = preserve?
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The use of 'hold' can imply that White (W) keeping, or preserving, the status quo on K-side and in the centre in aspic may be difficult in this case.
It may be necessary for W to hold on there and prevent a breakthrough by Black in those two parts of the board.
It may be necessary for W to hold on there and prevent a breakthrough by Black in those two parts of the board.
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Thanks. What's the difference between "all but impossible" and "almost impossible"?
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Not a lot.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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I am asking of ANY difference
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Maybe the first is slightly more definite, but there's really not much in it.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Thanks.
What's the difference between "destroying" and "undermining" the defense of c3
What's the difference between "destroying" and "undermining" the defense of c3
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The latter is less immediate and less conclusive. The defence could be undermined with the goal of destroying it
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Adding further details to Andy's basically correct reply -
'Undermining' is the, usually slow, process of preparing to destroy defences.
The verb undermine comes from mining operations in siege warfare - involving digging towards, and eventually under, the walls of a fortress in order to make a section of wall fall so that attackers can enter.
'Destroying' implies immediate, or imminent, destruction of the defences without the need for (further) preparations.
'Undermining' is the, usually slow, process of preparing to destroy defences.
The verb undermine comes from mining operations in siege warfare - involving digging towards, and eventually under, the walls of a fortress in order to make a section of wall fall so that attackers can enter.
'Destroying' implies immediate, or imminent, destruction of the defences without the need for (further) preparations.
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What does it mean to win an event outright?
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The score of the winner was unmatched - eg First player scored 7, the second and third scored 6.5 etc. If two players had the same top score, then (depending on any tie-break arrangements) they might both have "won" the event - but they would not have won outright.