The English Language
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White wins the game efficiently from an overwhelming position.
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So he already has an overwhelming position?
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Yes, in order to summarily finish the game off ("roll up Black") the position must be overwhelmingly in White's favour.
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Thanks.
What does it mean that Bf1 hangs b3 after Bc2
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What does it mean that Bf1 hangs b3 after Bc2
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You should give more context but "hangs" is an American usage generally meaning to leave en prise.
If there is a White pawn on b3 defended by a white Bishop on 4, then White's move Bc4-f1 may allow Black to play Bc2 with a threat to the pawn.
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The scenario Roger envisages, above, with a white pawn on b3, a white bishop on c4 and a black white-square bishop lurking somewhere it can presumably reach c2 in one fell swoop, if the white bishop allows it to, can be more generally pictured as follows -
White pawn on b3, white bishop anywhere on the diagonal f1-a6, except f1, and a black bishop somewhere on b1-h7 diagonal but not on c2.
(The whereabouts of the other white and black pawns and pieces is required in order to know exactly how the white move Bf1 'hangs' the b3 pawn to the black move Bc2.)
The use of the word 'hangs' implies the pawn can, and almost certainly will, be lost.
If the word 'drops' is used instead of 'hangs' then the implication is that the pawn on b3 will certainly be lost.
White pawn on b3, white bishop anywhere on the diagonal f1-a6, except f1, and a black bishop somewhere on b1-h7 diagonal but not on c2.
(The whereabouts of the other white and black pawns and pieces is required in order to know exactly how the white move Bf1 'hangs' the b3 pawn to the black move Bc2.)
The use of the word 'hangs' implies the pawn can, and almost certainly will, be lost.
If the word 'drops' is used instead of 'hangs' then the implication is that the pawn on b3 will certainly be lost.
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What is a Grande combination? Is it a complex combination?
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Grande is not an English word and it means "large" or "great" in the Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian)
Such combinations are usually called great or brilliant combinations in English unadorned by grandiose foreign words.
Such combinations are usually called great or brilliant combinations in English unadorned by grandiose foreign words.
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What does 'the odd game' mean?
Anger,[ ...] are common emotions that may help you in the odd game [...]
Anger,[ ...] are common emotions that may help you in the odd game [...]
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This means "odd" as in infrequent rather than unusual.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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What does it mean that "terror is a self-fulfilling prophecy"?
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Thhanks.Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 1:02 pmThis means "odd" as in infrequent rather than unusual.
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A self-fulfilling prophecy is one where the existence of the prophecy itself causes the events it prophesies to happen. So in this case it would be that the knowledge of future terror would itself be terrifying.soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:11 pmWhat does it mean that "terror is a self-fulfilling prophecy"?
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What does it mean that "Qf4 g6 leaves the Rook [at f5] hanging out to dry"?