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Any difference betwewen 'play into White's hands' and 'work in White's favour'?

Any difference betwewen 'play into White's hands' and 'work in White's favour'?

Former suggests error by black - latter is more of a sense that this is just how things worked out without a particular (further) mistake or weak play by black

soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 05, 2019 9:26 pm

He commented:
Forced, as otherwise the rook transfer Ra2-a5 is immediately decisive.


What is 'rook transfer'?

Just a rook manoeuvre - suggests that the rook was elsewhere on the second rank than moved first to a2 and then shortly afterwards (or next move) to a5

Thanks.
A modest move is a mild move?

Probably - I don't think "mild move" is a common term. "Modest" is the sort of word one might use when - for example - a player decides to reinforce his defences rather than play a somewhat risky attack

Thanks. Stopping something means making prophylaxis against it?

That can be one way of stopping it (though far from the only one)

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:01 pm

That can be one way of stopping it (though far from the only one)

What's the difference? and it what other way you can stop something?

What's the difference3 between softening up and weakening something?

No difference in the chess sense.

Of all English language (apparent) errors, the misuse of "refute" must grate highly with chess players ... on the "Today" programme today, we heard of a politician "refuting" charges against him ... to our mind he has done nothing more than assert that they are false

Thanks.
What's the difference between 'stopping' and 'preventing' counterplay?

No real difference.

Stopping counterplay means counterplay is in execution?