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Soheil1 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary
Holds the barracks
Hi
What does it mean that
After 23 Rb3?! Qxa4 24 Qxb7 Qc4 Black holds the barracks.
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barracks: A building or group of buildings used to house soldiers. It's a military metaphor. It means that Black has the advantage of having a means of continuing to fight.
- barracks: A building or group of buildings used to house soldiers.
- It's a military metaphor.
- It means that Black has the advantage of having a means of continuing to fight.
- CJ
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barracks: A building or group of buildings used to house soldiers.
It's a military metaphor. It means that Black has the advantage of having a means of continuing to fight.
CJ
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It's not a standard chess idiom.
A barracks is where soldiers live. Perhaps it means the place where pawns protect the King.
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