Tend(chess)

Hi

I would say 'weakened squares' and I would go with your first suggestion ...

- The problem with weakened squares is that enemy pieces tend to head toward them

I'm sure there are games where one side plays such a bad **** formation that it cries out for enemy pieces to occupy it. In that case you could use the 'absorb' metaphor. The poor formation is like a cloth abs

soheil1Hi.What's the difference between The problem with weakening squares is that enemy pieces tend to head toward them. andThe problem with weakening squares is that they absorb enemy pieces .?Thanks in advance

"Absorb" makes it sound like they are captured. "Attract" would be more like the first sentence.

Hi

I stand corrected and I'm going to agree with enoon. 'Absorb' almost always means 'to take in harmlessly or beneficially'. It's not the right word to use here

Dave

Means the enemy pieces often head towards them?

The writer used the rhetorical device of understatement. "Tend to" effectively means "always" here. Politicians tend to lie. Newborn babies tend to keep you up all night. Money tends to make life easier.

Hi

I think I would say:

- The problem with a weakened square is that you are inviting an enemy piece to occupy it

Dave

Why does it mean 'always' here?

enoonThe writer used the rhetorical device of understatement. "Tend to" effectively means "always" here. Politicians tend to lie. Newborn babies tend to keep you up all night. Money tends to make life easier.

Why does it mean 'always' here? and what do you mean he use d\\d the rhetorical device of understatement?

Or does 'tend to' mean 'almost always'?

soheil1 enoonThe writer used the rhetorical device of understatement. "Tend to" effectively means "always" here. Politicians tend to lie. Newborn babies tend to keep you up all night. Money tends to make life easier.Why does it mean 'always' here? and what do you mean he use d\\d the rhetorical device of understatement?

You sometimes say the opposite of what y