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Sentence: If black is already counting his chickens... #1 (permalink) Sat May 09, 2009 4:42 am   Sentence: If black is already counting his chickens...
 

Could anyone please tell me what the sentence below means? Thanks. :)

If black is already counting his chickens, please be so unkind and interrupt him.
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Sentence: If black is already counting his chickens... #2 (permalink) Sat May 09, 2009 5:58 am   Sentence: If black is already counting his chickens...
 

It's a reference to the idiom "Don't count your chickens before they hatch", which means to not make plans on expected results, until you have seen the actual results.

The speaker is sarcastically telling another person that they should interrupt black's counting (of chickens that haven't hatched) if he's already begun.

<edit> In light of the new context, I concur with Gray's explanation.
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Sentence:If black is already counting his chickens... #3 (permalink) Sat May 09, 2009 6:04 am   Sentence:If black is already counting his chickens...
 

'Counting the chickens' means assuming that everything is going your way. The sentence here is mentioned in the context of a game (goproblems). Black is the colour of the balls.

So, if your opponent is assuming that heshe is going to win, be unkind and and interrupt himher -- make a wise move and win the game.

Also, refer -- Don't count your chickens before they are hatched
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Sentence: If black is already counting his chickens... #4 (permalink) Sat May 09, 2009 6:08 am   Sentence: If black is already counting his chickens...
 

Thank you very much, Skrej and Gray.
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