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Polugaevsky Variation Miniature. (B96)
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Good quality annotations although is whilst really a word?
It is hard to believe playing 7...b5 instead of 7...Be7 can put the game on
such a tightrope. This is an exciting variation.
This line is almost suicide for black .. with both 12 Qd3 and 12 0-0 scoring over 60% for white , I dont understand why anyone would play this for black.
zankfrappa wrote:
Good quality annotations although is whilst really a word?
Are you serious?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whilst
p.s. Do they teach English in the U.S.? 
Reb wrote:
This line is almost suicide for black .. with both 12 Qd3 and 12 0-0 scoring over 60% for white , I dont understand why anyone would play this for black.
Agreed. Well, now I know exactly why I wouldn't go that way.
bjazz...yeah, I don't think there's any time or space for Black to take free pawns in this line. Playing it from Black...all I feel is like I'm trying to keep a broken household from falling apart.
A couple of games for the naysayers:
I was kidding about the word whilst and we don't speak proper English in the
United States anymore. I'm afraid those days are long gone.
zankfrappa wrote:
I was kidding about the word whilst and we don't speak proper English in the
United States anymore. I'm afraid those days are long gone.
We just like a "t" on the end of words e.g. earnt, burnt, learnt etc. 
Apr 23, 2010
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PrawnEatsPrawn wrote:
zankfrappa wrote:
I was kidding about the word whilst and we don't speak proper English in the
United States anymore. I'm afraid those days are long gone.
We just like a "t" on the end of words e.g. earnt, burnt, learnt etc.
Like whilet? :)
CM Kacparov: I would've avoided these lines by any means necessary, had it not been the opening position of the theme tournament. Luckily, I can recycle the misfortune upon others half of the time.
And Afaf, I thought you quit forums already :)
Apr 23, 2010
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bjazz wrote:
PrawnEatsPrawn wrote:
We just like a "t" on the end of words e.g. earnt, burnt, learnt etc.
Ah, right! 'Whilst' is the past tense of 'while'.
Most people in the UK use 'whilst' now as a sort of Sunday-best version of 'while', in the hope that it sounds more impressive. The older difference in meaning is disappearing, and only old flatulents like me still observe it.
I live in Virginia where we speak country. "Hey, can you whilst(whistle) that
song?
oops, this is a forum topic? It popped up under Tracked Activity because it belongs to a friend...and then I just assumed it was a blog of his. Ok, I'll go away now. lol
Afaf, u is even more off-the-wall than I is - would love to take u out for a drink on a Friday night 
smileative wrote:
Afaf, u is even more off-the-wall than I is - would love to take u out for a drink on a Friday night
You are WAY too old for her ! 
When I'm drinking, I'm usually distracted looking around for cute young boys...wouldn't be much fun, actually. :) Ok, I'm out.
crisy wrote:
Ah, right! 'Whilst' is the past tense of 'while'.
Most people in the UK use 'whilst' now as a sort of Sunday-best version of 'while', in the hope that it sounds more impressive. The older difference in meaning is disappearing, and only old flatulents like me still observe it.
Actually, whilst derives from M. Eng. whilest, which is merely the adverbial genitive of while with a parasitic -t. The adverbial genitive is totally unnecessary here, and the parasitic -t may have just been added as analogy with superlatives.
Essentially, whilst is just a variation on while that means exactly the same thing but is used less often and is chiefly British.
Off topic:
I just use words the way my English grammar teacher taught me (or a close approximation). I wouldn't fancy a haunting from Mr. Corbett, a tall pin-striped man with a military moustache and a penchant for striking boys that didn't learn quickly enough. Ah! the good old days!
On topic:
"Very tasty victory. Qxh2 was way too greedy and retribution was swift."
Agreed, Ra7 and a later Rd7 is the usual plan from what I can gather.
