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MatPlus.Net Forum General Terminology question
 
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(1) Posted by Hauke Reddmann [Monday, Feb 22, 2010 11:07]

Terminology question


Adapted from the new SCHWALBE:

Kc8 Qh8 Ra1/Ka8 Ra7.

Evidently, the Ra7 guards1 against Kc7#, but he does not guard2
against Qh1#. Not surprisingly, us anal-retentive^W scientifically
precise Germans have two different words for "guard1" and "guard2".
Which I instinctively both translated as "guard", blame it on my
bad English. How is this difference expressed, if at all, in other
languages (English, French, Russian,...)?

Hauke
 
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(2) Posted by Dan Meinking [Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010 02:39]

I might word it: "Ra7 prevents Kc7#, but not Qh1#".
 
 
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(3) Posted by Joost de Heer [Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010 17:54]

Isn't that the difference between guarding and observing?
 
   
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(4) Posted by Hauke Reddmann [Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010 11:34]

Yes, that sounds like the right wording.
"Observing" was the term I desperately looked for.
(But note that the German article used
"Deckung" for guard and "Bewachung" for observation,
if I get this right - or do you mean it the other
way around? After all, literally guard=Bewachung.)

Hauke
 
 
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