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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Conditional(chess)

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What does it mean that:
" If I take on d7[=the name of a square], I threaten Back Rank Mate[=a mate that may occur on the last rank]"?

Thanks in advance!
  

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Hi Yes, a back rank mate is when a rook or the queen moves to the opposition's back rank and checkmates (The back rank for white is a1-h1 and for black it is a8-h8) Usually, the winning player opens a file to get access to that position and the opposing king is hemmed in by his own pieces Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi Yes, a back rank mate is when a rook or the queen moves to the opposition's back rank and checkmates (The back rank for white is a1-h1 and for black it is a8-h8) Usually, the winning player opens a file to get access to that position and the opposing king is hemmed in by his own pieces Dave
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Hi

Yes, a back rank mate is when a rook or the queen moves to the opposition's back rank and checkmates

(The back rank for white is a1-h1 and for black it is a8-h8)

Usually, the winning player opens a file to get access to that position and the opposing king is hemmed in by his own pieces

Dave
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I am not asking you about the different mating patterns in chess.I wonder about the grammar of the conditional and why it is so
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Hi

Sorry!

- If I take on d7, I threaten back rank mate

That seems OK to me. I believe it is called present narrative tense and it looks fine to me. The speaker is saying how things are, as they progress, and they can use the present tense in both halves of the sentence

Perhaps that is used more in informal writing or in fiction

More formally ...
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dave_anon formally ...- If I were to take on d7, I would threaten back rank mateThat would be OK tooDave
'would' or 'will''?
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Hi

Others may know more strict rules, but I would say that all these work ...

- If I take on d7, I will threaten back rank mate

- If I were to take on d7, I would threaten back rank mate

- If I take on d7, I am threatening back rank mate

- If I were to take on d7, I will threaten back rank mate

I think I prefer them in the order given, but I wo
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