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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Weak

Hi.

In many instances in chess. a weaker piece proves to have more force than a piece with greater numerical value.

How is it possible that a weaker piecer have more force than a more powerful piece?Doesn't weaker mean that is has less force already?

Thanks in advance
  

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Hi Soheil, I think this is more a chess question than an English question. In chess, weaker pieces are those that have more limited movement, for example, a rook is weaker than a queen because it can only move to the left or right, while the queen can also move diagonally. The text is saying that although this is the case, there are many instances where weaker pieces may be used to advantage against stronger ones.

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  • Hi Soheil, I think this is more a chess question than an English question.
  • In chess, weaker pieces are those that have more limited movement, for example, a rook is weaker than a queen because it can only move to the left or right, while the queen can also move diagonally.
  • The text is saying that although this is the case, there are many instances where weaker pieces may be used to advantage against stronger ones.
  • It depends on the skill of the player, and the current arrangement of the board.
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Hi Soheil,

I think this is more a chess question than an English question. Emotion: wink In chess, weaker pieces are those that have mor
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The white queen (9) at a1 behind pawns is weaker than a **** (1) at d7 with rooks at d1 and d2.
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The arrangement is this in the example:

W: Kb5, Pd7
B: Rc8, Ka7

White is to move
He could have used some other words. Why did he use 'weaker'? After all, force is given by pieces. When a pieces is weaker, it has less force.
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I am not familiar with the concept of force in chess. I think he just used that word to avoid "strength" or "power" which have some sort of meaning in this context. Don't worry about it, and try to understand what he means by "force" in chess terms for the purposes of his discussion. That's what I would have to do. I forget who this is, but he writes like a genius who has a slightly inflated opini
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