The English Language
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What does it mean that "after 29 ... Bf8 I should feel OK"?
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"Feel OK" is another metaphor with a usual meaning of happiness or contentment. In a chess context the author is assessing the position as equal or better for the Black pieces.soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:49 amWhat does it mean that "after 29 ... Bf8 I should feel OK"?
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Any difference between
approximately equal chances
and
roughly equal chances?
approximately equal chances
and
roughly equal chances?
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No difference.
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What does bread and butter mean in:
An equal position is bread and butter for the stronger player, as he can go on testing his opponent without too much risk.
An equal position is bread and butter for the stronger player, as he can go on testing his opponent without too much risk.
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"bread and butter" - is easily looked up - eg https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bread-and-butter
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What does fair mean in:
That's a fair achievement in a game against a much stronger opponent
That's a fair achievement in a game against a much stronger opponent
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Yes sir, I had looked it up, but I can't fit it in that contextAndy Stoker wrote: ↑Fri Jul 27, 2018 5:38 am"bread and butter" - is easily looked up - eg https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bread-and-butter
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What'ss the difference between developing plans and drawing/creating plans?
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I think it is better to advance my e-pawn to e5, setting up a powerful centre.
means
I think it is better to advance my e-pawn to e5 and set up a powerful centre.
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I think it is better to advance my e-pawn to e5 which sets up a powerful centre.
means
I think it is better to advance my e-pawn to e5 and set up a powerful centre.
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I think it is better to advance my e-pawn to e5 which sets up a powerful centre.
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bread and butter is a standard part of British cuisine - we eat it with many meals and are very used to it ... so the chess context is that something which is "bread and butter" should be a standard thing to do, easily achieved because done many times before ... perhaps like a minority attack in a QGD, or prising open the king behind a fiancetto by some combination of Bh6 x g7, h4, h5, hxg6 etc
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I think best is "I think it is better to advance my e-pawn to e5 which sets up a powerful centre." - the pawn on e5 is part of this powerful centre and the act of moving pawn to e5 is a crucial part of forming the centre - not something that comes later
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then I can play 19 h3 with various threats, such as Qc4+ and Qf7, or Qd3/d2, or just the thematic advance e5.
means e5 after Bh3, or without it?
means e5 after Bh3, or without it?
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What does plunder mean in:
Black will get rid of one of his headaches, the d6-pawn, but this would hardly be an achievement,
as my pieces could then plunder his suspicious position.?
Black will get rid of one of his headaches, the d6-pawn, but this would hardly be an achievement,
as my pieces could then plunder his suspicious position.?
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As others have discovered long ago, I see this is a one way street! I'm just told when my answers don't satisfy. And still I continue!
e5 / Bh3 can't be sure from the snippet - I'd guess Bh3 is an alternative to e5 .... not Bh3 and then e5. But you play chess - what do you think?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1 ... bs=plunder. White thinks that his pieces could enter the black position and take material
e5 / Bh3 can't be sure from the snippet - I'd guess Bh3 is an alternative to e5 .... not Bh3 and then e5. But you play chess - what do you think?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1 ... bs=plunder. White thinks that his pieces could enter the black position and take material