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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
The champion(chess)
Hi.
Seirawan is saying how important is the application of general principles.
As an example, he refers to the 1960 match, Tal (The challenger) vs Botvinnik(the champion).He goes on saying that "afterwards Tal listed a huge series of move variations , thinking that Botvinnik had arrived at the correct strategy by calculating the same possibilities.The young challenger was dumbfounded when the champion stated that [..]"
Does the underlined refer to the fact that Botvinnik was the reigning world champion at the time of the saying? Or the fact that he was defending the world championship title?What does the champion mean in the first place?
Thanks in advance
Seirawan is saying how important is the application of general principles.
As an example, he refers to the 1960 match, Tal (The challenger) vs Botvinnik(the champion).He goes on saying that "afterwards Tal listed a huge series of move variations , thinking that Botvinnik had arrived at the correct strategy by calculating the same possibilities.The young challenger was dumbfounded when the champion stated that [..]"
Does the underlined refer to the fact that Botvinnik was the reigning world champion at the time of the saying? Or the fact that he was defending the world championship title?What does the champion mean in the first place?
Thanks in advance
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Does the underlined refer to the fact that Botvinnik was the reigning world champion at the time of the saying? Yes What does the champion mean in the first place? The person who has defeated all others in a competition.
- Does the underlined refer to the fact that Botvinnik was the reigning world champion at the time of the saying?
- Yes What does the champion mean in the first place?
- The person who has defeated all others in a competition.
- Clive
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Does the underlined refer to the fact that Botvinnik was the reigning world champion at the time of the saying? Yes
What does the champion mean in the first place? The person who has defeated all others in a competition.
Clive
What does the champion mean in the first place? The person who has defeated all others in a competition.
Clive
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Hi
- "Or the fact that he was defending the world championship title?"
Clive is right - the word "champion" just says that Botvinnik was reigning. However, when you describe Tal as the challenger, then that does imply that Botvinnik is defending the title. If Tal wins, then Botvinnik loses his title and Tal will gain it. (I believe that's actually what happened - Botvinnik fai
- "Or the fact that he was defending the world championship title?"
Clive is right - the word "champion" just says that Botvinnik was reigning. However, when you describe Tal as the challenger, then that does imply that Botvinnik is defending the title. If Tal wins, then Botvinnik loses his title and Tal will gain it. (I believe that's actually what happened - Botvinnik fai
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Yes, Botvinnik lost that maatch, so the chaqmpion became Tal. Botvinnik won the next year, and was unchallenged for the next year(1962).
Now I wonder why did he use the expression 'the champion'.
Now I wonder why did he use the expression 'the champion'.
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Hi
If I understand your question correctly: at the moment that a title changes hands, it is acceptable to use the title to refer to either person. It is understood by context whether you are referring to the person who entered the situation with the title, or the person who leaves the situation with it. At the time of the 1960 match, Botvinnik was the champion, Tal was the challe
If I understand your question correctly: at the moment that a title changes hands, it is acceptable to use the title to refer to either person. It is understood by context whether you are referring to the person who entered the situation with the title, or the person who leaves the situation with it. At the time of the 1960 match, Botvinnik was the champion, Tal was the challe
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