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Any difference betwewen 'play into White's hands' and 'work in White's favour'?
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Any difference betwewen 'play into White's hands' and 'work in White's favour'?
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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
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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 a5soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Sat Jan 05, 2019 9:26 pmHe commented:
Forced, as otherwise the rook transfer Ra2-a5 is immediately decisive.
What is 'rook transfer'?
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Thanks.
A modest move is a mild move?
A modest move is a mild move?
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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
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Thanks. Stopping something means making prophylaxis against it?
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That can be one way of stopping it (though far from the only one)
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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What's the difference? and it what other way you can stop something?Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 7:01 pmThat can be one way of stopping it (though far from the only one)
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What's the difference3 between softening up and weakening something?
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No difference in the chess sense.
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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
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Thanks.
What's the difference between 'stopping' and 'preventing' counterplay?
What's the difference between 'stopping' and 'preventing' counterplay?
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No real difference.
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Stopping counterplay means counterplay is in execution?