opposite of an expression

[William Ryan]

Sarah, you have the full context, and you must be right about the author 
wishing to say that black will be OK. I know there have been several 
interesting published continuations of the Lasker combination, and 
indeed a book on the subject, but even so the position of black 
immediately after the sacrifice is dangerous, so I was surprised that 
your author might apparently think otherwise (as I read it first time). 
However, although the phrase "shapkami zakidat'" seems to have undergone 
changes in usage, the current journalistic usage, if the internet is any 
guide, is in sports reporting where with the negative "ne" it means "to 
underestimate" (e.g. the chances of a team). If your author is using it 
in that sense, and the quotation marks round the phrase suggest he might 
be, then this would indeed fit your understanding that he is being 
cautiously positive about black's chances, i.e. "the position of  black 
should not be underestimated". This seems to be a fair comment and a 
reasonable interpretation of both the Russian and the realities of chess.
Will

On 16/02/2010 17:35, Sarah Hurst wrote:
> It is the same two bishop sacrifice that you're referring to, but this is an analysis of a chess opening, including more recent games that used the sacrifice more effectively. I definitely think the game in question is one where Black is OK, that's certainly what the expression we're discussing indicates.
>
> Sarah
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