tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post958519124894901291..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Being Robin HaldaneTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-88644972279238599012008-03-22T12:59:00.000+00:002008-03-22T12:59:00.000+00:00Isn't unnecessary underpromotion a little vulgar?Isn't unnecessary underpromotion a little vulgar?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-59850118140180855852008-03-21T09:34:00.000+00:002008-03-21T09:34:00.000+00:00Hello Hylen,I confess I have not seen an example o...Hello Hylen,<BR/><BR/>I confess I have not seen an example of zugzwang used as a verb either. It was not so much a specific point as a reference to a general tendency.<BR/><BR/>E.g. the phrase ...<BR/><BR/><I>"In America there is no noun that cannot be verbed".</I><BR/><BR/>God bless your countrymen and all that they do to our language!<BR/><BR/>I like your TV though<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2007/07/goggle-box-d.html" REL="nofollow">Seinfeld</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2008/01/wire.html" REL="nofollow">The Wire</A><BR/><BR/>and baseball.<BR/><BR/>Happy Easter :-)Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-86302400200948941642008-03-21T01:06:00.000+00:002008-03-21T01:06:00.000+00:00Good post. Do we use "zugzwang" as a verb here in ...Good post. Do we use "zugzwang" as a verb here in the USA? It wouldn't surprise me--not much would--but I have yet to come across it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-47312526951354209642008-03-20T10:26:00.000+00:002008-03-20T10:26:00.000+00:00Err... you're a Tiger, rather than a Dragon, Jonat...Err... you're a Tiger, rather than a Dragon, Jonathan.<BR/><BR/>I thought the first Haldane move might have been 37 a5!<BR/><BR/>Angus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com