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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Hit(chess)

Hi.
What does it mean 'White Queen hits d5'?
definitions 8a and 8b seem fiting in American Heritage Dictionary( http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hit ) butt I cannot choose the right one
thanks in advance
  

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8A seems fine to me.

— Clive

  • 8A seems fine to me.
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8A seems fine to me.
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Clive8A seems fine to me.
What have you outed 8b?
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I don't understand your question.
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I mean why did you consider 8b not relevant?
Sorry, I seem to have used the wrong verb.
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The meaning is that the piece physically arrives at that square.

Clive
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you mean 8b denotes physicality while 8A does not?
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Generally speaking, yes.
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Why generally speaking?
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I don't like to make categorical statements about such matters, because someone is always likely to come along and quote an exception. In addition, I didn't want to get into a detailed definition of what 'physicality' means.


Clive
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