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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

(chess) versus

Hi.
"Typically, endgames are played with a Bishop versus knight, a Rook versus Rook, or a Rook and a minor piece versus a Rook and a minor piece ."
Can it read 'a Bishop versus a knight' and 'a Rook versus a Rook'? if so, what is the reason for this way of writing?

Thanks in advance
  

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The writer is a bit careless, that's all. No real harm done. Your version is more proper.

  • The writer is a bit careless, that's all.
  • No real harm done.
  • Your version is more proper.
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The writer is a bit careless, that's all. No real harm done. Your version is more proper.
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But how does his version work?
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By our graciously supplying the tacit articles with the tiny fraction of our brains that takes.

A similar way to his is, "Typically, endgames are played Bishop versus Knight, Rook versus Rook, or Rook and minor piece versus Rook and minor piece." He kind of mixed up the two styles. I call his way a mistake, but as I said, it ain't the crime of the century, and I think it's well within a w

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