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What does the comment
also forced
mean?
Thanks in advance

"Plan B is OK" means "Plan B is is problem-free"?

The author wrote
All these plans are at least quite good for Black,
but some are better than others !
What does 'quite good' mean?

Umm.

"Plan B is OK" means (more or less) "Plan B is quite good"
"quite good" means (more or less) "OK".

Often, (but unfortunately not always), it is a way of saying the plan is not a bad one, but is also not really a good one. It's a way of saying something is not good without rudely saying it is bad. Other ways of doing the same thing include using the words "mediocre", "average", "satisfactory" and many more.

Oddly, the phrase "not bad" is used to mean "pretty good" which means (usually) "good to very good".

We have far too many ways of saying things in English! (But I imagine Farsi is just as difficult).

What does it mean that
Black needs some primitive action?

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What does mistaken mean in:
A good chess-player refuses to act without any plan, even if this plan sometimes turns out to be mistaken in the long run.

Deriven at by wrong judgement, or erroneous?

What does it mean to 'drum up' initiative/counterplay/primitive action?

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Having "there is also a threat to Black's centre involving an eventual Bc2-b3 followed by gS." , how can an eventual move be followed by something else?

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Why shouldn't it be? The plan is to play such and such a manoeuvre and then follow it up with another move.

Thanks.
What does it mean that
White's plans are now easy to establish.

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Now easy to confirm, bring into action? The precise nuance depends on the context of the term.

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 21, 2018 1:04 pm

Now easy to confirm, bring into action? The precise nuance depends on the context of the term.

The paragraph reads:
White's plans are now easy to establish. First
he will push his b-pawn to b7 and then:
a) ...
b)...

Thus in the sense of "easy to discern/work out", I would say.

The position is opposite side castling.
He wrote:"I must not waste any time and opt for a direct attack with 12 g4."
My common sense says their should be a 'must' before the underlined, but grammerly I don't think so. What do you think guys?

Thanks in advance

NO. No need for “must.”