The English Language

[soheil_hooshdaran]

The opposite-coloured bishop endgame is an easy draw.
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The opposite-coloured bishops do not guar­antee the draw.
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The approach of the white king to the centre in the rook ending is simple and sufficient.
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The means any?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does it mean that
Plan C (20 points) is the optimal choice: it is straight to the point of contesting the initiative.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

How many times have we forgotten this principle and how times have we wondered how we could possibly for­get it?
What does it mean?

[Ian Thompson]

How many times have we forgotten this principle and how times have we wondered how we could possibly for­get it?
What does it mean?

It looks like a typing mistake that should say "how many times".

[soheil_hooshdaran]

How many times have we forgotten this principle and how times have we wondered how we could possibly for­get it?
What does it mean?

It looks like a typing mistake that should say "how many times".

Thanks.

being back in the game means returning to the game? or just be3ing again in the game?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What des it mean that
Plan A (0 points) is out of the question, as it completely misses the target.?

Thanks in advance

[Andy Stoker]

This sounds like an exercise where the reader gains points by choosing the best moves. It sounds like the author has envisaged at least 3 possible alternatives in the given position and the reader has been asked to choose between them. The author has outlined Plan A - but said that it is ineffective - it sounds like the main objective is to achieve the initiative - but (I don't know) plan A might be aimed at gaining space on the queen's side, or winning a pawn or something else not relevant to the main task. It sounds like Plan C (a few posts back) is the author's preference - because it gives that player the initiative - perhaps in something like attacking the king, driving the opponent's pieces to poor squares and so on.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

This sounds like an exercise where the reader gains points by choosing the best moves. It sounds like the author has envisaged at least 3 possible alternatives in the given position and the reader has been asked to choose between them. The author has outlined Plan A - but said that it is ineffective - it sounds like the main objective is to achieve the initiative - but (I don't know) plan A might be aimed at gaining space on the queen's side, or winning a pawn or something else not relevant to the main task. It sounds like Plan C (a few posts back) is the author's preference - because it gives that player the initiative - perhaps in something like attacking the king, driving the opponent's pieces to poor squares and so on.

Yes, 3 plans are proposed for each test, But these 2 posts are irrelevant.
As regards plan A, its missing the target is my question. The author says in the beginning of the book that we should Identify the nain target(s) when choosing a plan. So, target cannot be the objective. it should be tangible.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What's the difference between 'White stands better' and 'White is better'?

[David Sedgwick]

What's the difference between 'White stands better' and 'White is better'?

No difference.

One of the features of English is that it has many more words than most languages. An effect of this is that there are often several ways of saying much the same thing.

Consider the following three English words: arbiter, referee, umpire. In French, Google Translate gives them all as "arbitre". I can't copy and paste the Persian, but it looks to me as though the translation of "arbiter" and "referee" is the same, but that of "umpire" is different.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What's the difference between 'White stands better' and 'White is better'?

No difference.

One of the features of English is that it has many more words than most languages. An effect of this is that there are often several ways of saying much the same thing.

Consider the following three English words: arbiter, referee, umpire. In French, Google Translate gives them all as "arbitre". I can't copy and paste the Persian, but it looks to me as though the translation of "arbiter" and "referee" is the same, but that of "umpire" is different.

Thanks.
I have not started translating arbiter's handbook, but seems I need to

[soheil_hooshdaran]

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What does it refer to in
White will either develop his dark­ squared bishop on the long diagonal , or move his d2-knight and develop it on e3, f4 or gS . [modern chess strategy p.70]

[IM Jack Rudd]

The bishop.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Thanks.
What's the difference between
I should clarify the mattters in the center
and
I should clarify the center

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[Andy Stoker]

"Yes, 3 plans are proposed for each test, But these 2 posts are irrelevant." Sorry my posts are not relevant - I don't understand why not - no need to explain. Wish you well