The English Language
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But Weakness is used as a noun in chess
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It is, and.......?
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Sorry, how does "irregularity" differ from infringement?
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Infringement is the breaking of a law or condition etc.
Irregularity is acting in an irregular manner.
Irregularity is acting in an irregular manner.
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Thanks.
What does it mean to drive the advantages that you have carefully cultivated through the heart if his position?
What does it mean to drive the advantages that you have carefully cultivated through the heart if his position?
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What does it mean to drive the advantages that you have carefully cultivated through the heart if his position?
What does it mean to drive the advantages that you have carefully cultivated through the heart if his position?
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Presumably this is a chess author's Mock-Gothic-Horror moment - recreating the popular Hammer Horror films' misconception that Dracula, the vampire, was despatched from the world by a wooden stake being driven through his heart with the use of a hammer. (That's not the case in the original 1897 novel, Dracula, written by Bram Stoker.)
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What does it mean if an advantage is inappropriate"to" your position?
What does it mean if an advantage is inappropriate"to" your position?
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What does it mean that his bearing was sturdy?
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What is the difference between a time line and a quite one?
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I presume you mean "quiet" but still not sure what a "time line" is in that context.soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 12:51 pmWhat is the difference between a time line and a quite one?
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Please can we see the context - "time line" means the sequence in which things happen ... ideally at which time (which move?) - "line" has the sense of an axis - not a (chess) variation
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"His bearing was sturdy" means his stance was strong or stable - it would be relatively difficult to knock over someone with a sturdy bearing
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Sorry, "tame line".Andy Stoker wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 6:01 pmPlease can we see the context - "time line" means the sequence in which things happen ... ideally at which time (which move?) - "line" has the sense of an axis - not a (chess) variation
Lasker was never a master of opening theory, which explains the tame line he chooses here.
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It would be a very similar meaning if you substituted "quiet line" for "tame line".soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:43 am
Lasker was never a master of opening theory, which explains the tame line he chooses here.