Who's on first?
what question is more important in chess? What? why? or how?
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kaynight wrote:
Lay off the booze.
I don't drink though
kaynight wrote:
Never heard of though. Is it a real ale?
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I thought Who was on second ?
eciruam wrote:
I thought Who was on second ?
who matters more than what? most top players do not address "who" when they are explaining the position. They address them by either white or black.
What? is trivial (though useful).
How? is less trivial (and more useful).
Why? is profound and the most useful.
Murgen wrote:
What? is trivial (though useful).
How? is less trivial (and more useful).
Why? is profound and the most useful.
here we are at the "why " question once again. This question has been haunting me for a long time no matter whatever that it pertains to. How do you know when you truly know "why?"
l prefer "when" to what, + why.
bcoburn2 wrote:
l prefer "when" to what, + why.
timing is more important to you?
kaynight wrote:
Thank goodness everyone is off their face here. You are making so much sense.
I'm just tapping into the rudimentary level of understanding
Why is the everlasting mystery that holds us in her thrall.
She gives even the greatest amongst us sleepless nights.
She forever teases us with her seductive smile and her dainty ankles.
She is the Mistress of enquiery and enigmatic wonder.
eciruam wrote:
Why is the everlasting mystery that holds us in her thrall.
She gives even the greatest amongst us sleepless nights.
She forever teases us with her seductive smile and her dainty ankles.
She is the Mistress of enquiery and enigmatic wonder.
did you mean inquiry?
MelvinDoucet wrote:
I prefer whence.
sorry if i don't seem to understand, but why do you prefer this?
riv4l wrote:
eciruam wrote:
Why is the everlasting mystery that holds us in her thrall.
She gives even the greatest amongst us sleepless nights.
She forever teases us with her seductive smile and her dainty ankles.
She is the Mistress of enquiery and enigmatic wonder.
did you mean inquiry?
Yes.
I noticed the mistake after I pressed (Post Comment)
...Though having said that...If I had used an upper case E, and printed Enquiery instead, then people might have wondered who Enquiery was.
Come to think about it............
eciruam wrote:
riv4l wrote:
eciruam wrote:
Why is the everlasting mystery that holds us in her thrall.
She gives even the greatest amongst us sleepless nights.
She forever teases us with her seductive smile and her dainty ankles.
She is the Mistress of enquiery and enigmatic wonder.
did you mean inquiry?
Yes.
I noticed the mistake after I pressed (Post Comment)
...Though having said that...If I had used an upper case E, and printed Enquiery instead, then people might have wondered who Enquiery was.
Come to think about it............
No, not all would have, well not me since I'd be asking myself "how does this answer my question? instead.
And then, there's all the "where" question which are insidiously important in chess. You're in trouble if you don't know where your king are, for instance.
Raspberry_Yoghurt wrote:
And then, there's all the "where" question which are insidiously important in chess. You're in trouble if you don't know where your king are, for instance.
Or why is it there after asking where?
riv4l wrote:
Raspberry_Yoghurt wrote:
And then, there's all the "where" question which are insidiously important in chess. You're in trouble if you don't know where your king are, for instance.
Or why is it there after asking where?
Yeah it is there out of two possible reasons: Because it starts there or because I put it there.
Raspberry_Yoghurt wrote:
riv4l wrote:
Raspberry_Yoghurt wrote:
And then, there's all the "where" question which are insidiously important in chess. You're in trouble if you don't know where your king are, for instance.
Or why is it there after asking where?
Yeah it is there out of two possible reasons: Because it starts there or because I put it there.
Because you put it there without a reason? what's the reason? do you usually know the reason why you put it there?
if you don't know the answers to "what" questions, should you be asking "why?" questions?