Adverse centre

CaptainDangerous

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19 May 04

CaptainDangerous

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19 May 04

I came across this term in a game annotation by Steinitz - what does it mean??

CaptainDangerous

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22 May 04

Don't all rush forward...

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blunderer of pawns

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22 May 04

WHy not ask SirLoseAlot? He's the reincarnation of Steinitz.😀

CaptainDangerous

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22 May 04

Ok Sir Lot, if that is your real name... You're up...

SirLoseALot

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22 May 04

Originally posted by CaptainDangerous
Ok Sir Lot, if that is your real name... You're up...

Unfortunately I'm reincarnated as a dutch speaking person and I'm not sure what 'adverse' means.But I think it refers to your opponents center.For instance if white controls the squares e5,d5 he controls the adverse center.At least,I think so.
As I don't recall every game I ever annotated in my previous life,maybe you could post the sentence where the term was used?That should help making it more clear.

Sir Lot.

CaptainDangerous

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22 May 04

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Oh, okay - that makes sense, but I thought it was a commonly used term - obviously not...! Thanks, William.

SirLoseALot

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23 May 04

Originally posted by CaptainDangerous
Oh, okay - that makes sense, but I thought it was a commonly used term - obviously not...! Thanks, William.

Not saying that it's not a common term,but as far as I remember I never read it anywhere.Then again,I don't know all english chess terms.