The English Language

[Michael Farthing]

The someone who told you that gave you a very good definition! The important word is "seemingly". I think the idea probably comes from the use of drums in battles to give courage to troops where previously there was (seemingly) none.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

Thanks.

Any difference between
his pieces are nicely centralized
and
his pieces are centralized well?

Thanks in advance

[Barry Sandercock]

No difference.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What's the difference between drawback, weakness, prolem, drawback, and downside?

Thanks in advance

[soheil_hooshdaran]

What does it mean that
My pieces are standing well, so I think that my pawns should carry the day from now on.?

carry the day means to bring victory. But I cann't fathom it.

Pawns cannot bring victry alone, and the fact that the pieces are standing well means they are very useful AND NOT useless. So what does the underlined mean?

Thanks in advance

[Roger de Coverly]

carry the day means to bring victory. But I cann't fathom it.

As you suggest, the phrase could have been written

My pieces are standing well, so I think that my pawns should bring victory.

or, if the context is right

My pieces are standing well, so I think that advancing my pawns should bring victory.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

carry the day means to bring victory. But I cann't fathom it.

As you suggest, the phrase could have been written

My pieces are standing well, so I think that my pawns should bring victory.

or, if the context is right

My pieces are standing well, so I think that advancing my pawns should bring victory.

Again, I can't understand.
The position is:
rn1q1rk1/pb2bppp/1p1p4/2pP4/4N3/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 14 With White to move.

How can advancing the pawns bring victory?
And the fact that the pieces are standing well means they are very useful AND NOT useless.

[Roger de Coverly]

How can advancing the pawns bring victory?

It's a Benoni type of position. One of the usual plans is to charge up the middle with pawns. Is that what happens in the game? Admittedly the Knight on e4 is in the way at the moment.

[IM Jack Rudd]

No idea who's claiming his pieces are well placed there, but I don't agree with him.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

How can advancing the pawns bring victory?

It's a Benoni type of position. One of the usual plans is to charge up the middle with pawns. Is that what happens in the game? Admittedly the Knight on e4 is in the way at the moment.

The entire game can be found at:
www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1069072

[soheil_hooshdaran]

No idea who's claiming his pieces are well placed there, but I don't agree with him.

GM Grivas claims White's (Karpov's) pieces are.

The book I am finishing translation is his Modern Chess Strategy. I purchased the rights in May.

[Roger de Coverly]

GM Grivas claims White's (Karpov's) pieces are.

The game shows the White minor pieces staying put and White charging up the board with the f and g pawns to open up lines to the Black king. Not an obvious strategy by any means, which is perhaps why Grivas put it in the book.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

GM Grivas claims White's (Karpov's) pieces are.

The game shows the White minor pieces staying put and White charging up the board with the f and g pawns to open up lines to the Black king. Not an obvious strategy by any means, which is perhaps why Grivas put it in the book.

Thanks.

[soheil_hooshdaran]

My advantage looks adequate to claim the full point in this endgame.

What does it mean to 'claim' the full point?

[soheil_hooshdaran]

White might be able to hold on as he has no static weaknesses, either in his pawn-structure or in his piece placement.

Is he saying that piece placement is an static factor?