opposite of an expression

[George Hawrysch]

> Thanks! I had come up with "Black's position isn't in serious  
> jeopardy". Maybe "difficult to assail" is better and what's more  
> keeps it vaguer...

The Russian idiom does connote the events of 1905, so it's a fitting
choice in the original given that chess is stylized military conflict.
Thus the meaning is: "Black's position is stronger than it may appear
at first." Given the use of the infinitive, a translation might be:
"Black's position will not be as easily overrun as it might seem."

George Hawrysch

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