What? Name them. Show me examples. Explain how it is possible to avoid "intensification" - never to use very or slightly...soheil_hooshdaran wrote:Some people feel intensification is unnecessary and redundant
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Re: little
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Re: left to one's own devices
Can someone point me in the direction of the chess forum please?
chessplayers are crazy when it comes to chess
but that's not to say they're not really good blokes
but that's not to say they're not really good blokes
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Re: left to one's own devices
The expression can also have the slightly different meaning (less relevant to chess) of "being left to entertain or occupy himself".
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
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Re: left to one's own devices
Thank you guys.
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Re: little
Sorry, but I still have not got my answer.
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Re: little
Sorry, but I still have not got my answer regarding 'little'.
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Re: little
I thought there was enough in previous posts to answer your query but let me try again.
In the quote given, 'little' is merely emphasising that the pawn is the least of the chess pieces, both physically and in terms of power. However, as the quote goes on to point out, pawns are not unimportant and a lot of chess strategy is about using them to best effect.
Robert
In the quote given, 'little' is merely emphasising that the pawn is the least of the chess pieces, both physically and in terms of power. However, as the quote goes on to point out, pawns are not unimportant and a lot of chess strategy is about using them to best effect.
Robert
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Re: left to one's own devices
Nothing stopping you from starting a thread "actually" about chess, of courseMarcus Misson wrote:Can someone point me in the direction of the chess forum please?
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enjoy superiority?
Hi
What does 'superiority' mean in:
After 1...Nxe5 2.Rxe5 Bd6 or 2...Bf6 , the White Rook would have to retreat and, the Black Bishop Would enjoy his superiority.
?Thanks in advance
I attach the diagram
What does 'superiority' mean in:
After 1...Nxe5 2.Rxe5 Bd6 or 2...Bf6 , the White Rook would have to retreat and, the Black Bishop Would enjoy his superiority.
?Thanks in advance
I attach the diagram
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Re: enjoy superiority?
In this position the bishop would be more powerful than the rook. The word 'enjoy' emphasises that this is an unusual thing (for the bishop to be more powerful). By treating the bishop as a real person rather than a bit of wood, the author is imagining the bishop being pleased with his new importance.
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Re: enjoy superiority?
And would relish with malice and schadenfreude the inferiority of the rook. And crow about it loudly and incessantly.
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Re: enjoy superiority?
Surely that wasn't maliciously and with schadenfreude crowing about the O.P.'s problems in understanding some more obscure English idioms?
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Re: enjoy superiority?
How is this "Not Chess"?
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Re: enjoy superiority?
The OP’s question - as with all the other threads he has started - is about language. Possibly it would have stayed on the main forum had he not asked so many similar questions and started a different thread for every one. This morning the first three threads on the forum were all of the same, "What does [this word] mean?" variety. Presumably the mods finally had enough.NickFaulks wrote:How is this "Not Chess"?
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Re: enjoy superiority?
Really?Michael Farthing wrote:In this position the bishop would be more powerful than the rook.