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What does it mean to be positionally busted?

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What does it mean to be positionally busted?

You are repeating yourself

What does the comment "Grist for the mill!" mean?

soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:44 am

What does the comment "Grist for the mill!" mean?

It means that the former programmer of the ECF grading software has fallen out with a miller, who is about to put him through a mill.

More seriously, take a look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill

Alex Holowczak wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 06, 2020 10:28 am

soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:44 am

What does the comment "Grist for the mill!" mean?

It means that the former programmer of the ECF grading software has fallen out a miller, who is about to put him through a mill.

More seriously, take a look at this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill

I mean what does it mean in chess commentary after an exchange sac?

Sac = Sacrifice

Exchange Sacrifice mean giving up Rook for Knight or Bishop

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_exchange_(chess)

Were you not able to look this up yourself?

Andy Stoker wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 06, 2020 5:54 pm

Sac = Sacrifice

Exchange Sacrifice mean giving up Rook for Knight or Bishop

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_exchange_(chess)

Were you not able to look this up yourself?

I gave an example, I do know about exchange sac, but not "Grist for the mill*, as in:
Celebrity gossip is, of course, grist for the mill as far as the tabloids are concerned.

My apologies - I misunderstood your post.

"Grist to the mill" means something that it is useful for a particular purpose or helps support someone's point of view.- https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... o-the-mill

So the tabloid newspapers print celebrity gossip (the grist to the mill) because people are interested in it and will buy the newspaper to read it.

Foolishly.

The newspaper wants to sell copies and the gossip helps them achieve that goal.

Soheil, here is an example from literature about your country.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KPB ... &q&f=false

David Sedgwick wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:02 pm

Soheil, here is an example from literature about your country.

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KPB ... &q&f=false

You mean an example of "Grist for the mill"? I didn't find that.

Please look again - 5 lines down in the first paragraph

This is what I am seeing

The link is not very user friendly.

If you google: All of these words - "Iran"; This exact phrase - "grist to the mill", you should be able to get to the right page of the book.

Many thanks. But still confused
As I understood, the phrase can mean excuse, right?
Also, it can mean anything can be made useful.
Does it mean in my case that "anything is good"?

Context:
"Rxd7
Grist for the mill! Now c6 falls and I get all of my material back - with dividents!"