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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Cramping pressure (chess)

Hi.
'A good pawn is any pawn that exert a cramping position on the opponent and is safe from attack'

What is a 'cramping' pressure?

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What is a 'cramping' pressure? cramping the **** seriously limits the opponent's freedom of movement pressure the **** forces the opponent to to concentrate only on certain moves. It puts him on the defensive .

  • What is a 'cramping' pressure?
  • cramping the **** seriously limits the opponent's freedom of movement pressure the **** forces the opponent to to concentrate only on certain moves.
  • It puts him on the defensive .
  • Clive
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What is a 'cramping' pressure?

cramping the **** seriously limits the opponent's freedom of movement

pressure the **** forces the opponent to to concentrate only on certain moves. It puts him on the defensive.

Clive
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So 'cramping' means ristricting?
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But if I translate it that way, I will run into problems.
Since in a previous page he has the phrase "Cramping (restricting) center ****".
How to defrentiate between the two?
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soheil1But if I translate it that way, I will run into problems. Since in a previous page he has the phrase "Cramping (restricting) center ****".How to defrentiate between the two?
There is no problem. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/cra
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enoonTo cramp is to restrict both times.
I have not understood this part.
By the way, we have a word for forcing things into a container.Does it apply?
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soheil1 enoonTo cramp is to restrict both times.I have not understood this part.By the way, we have a word for forcing things into a container.Does it apply?
There is a link to a dictionary definition of "cramp" in my last post. A big man would feel cramped in a Volkswagen. Your chess opponent would feel cramped if all your pawns were side by side on the fourt
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soheil1By the way, we have a word for forcing things into a container.Does it apply?
I think the word you are searching for here is "cramming."

"I am cramming a blanket into a small box."
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soheil1'A good **** is any **** that exert a cramping position on the opponent and is safe from attack'
First, I think you want to use "exerts" not "exert."

"A good **** is any **** that exerts a cramping position on the opponent and is safe from attack."
soheil1What is a 'cramping' pressure?
Your first sentence say
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Clivecramping the **** seriously limits the opponent's freedom of movement
Without knowing the full context of your question, I would have to agree with Clive's definition.
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ku1980rose soheil1'A good **** is any **** that exert a cramping position on the opponent and is safe from attack'First, I think you want to use "exerts" not "exert.""A good **** is any **** that exerts a cramping position on the opponent and is safe from attack."soheil1What is a 'cramping' pressure?Your first sentence says, "cramping position."Your question asks about "c

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