knightless

/ˈnʌɪtləs/

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

classical

VERB + KNIGHTLESS

attend

KNIGHTLESS + NOUN

damsels, middlegame, queenside, strategy

adj

Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.

Whereof thou […] all knights hast shamed with this knightlesse part.

Without a knight.

This night, when the Lady Joan sternly bade her knight attend the knightless damsels to their home, Ioris obeyed.

Janowski vs. Jaffe Match, New York, 1917 / Classical Tartakower / Knightless middlegame, queenside strategy

Whereof thou […] all knights hast shamed with this knightlesse part.

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This night, when the Lady Joan sternly bade her knight attend the knightless damsels to their home, Ioris obeyed.

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Janowski vs. Jaffe Match, New York, 1917 / Classical Tartakower / Knightless middlegame, queenside strategy

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