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QRP

American  
Chess.
  1. queen's rook's pawn.


QRP British  

symbol

  1. queen's rook's pawn

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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R-R7 would be a mistake on account of RxBch, but the QRP cannot escape.

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.

This is one of the drawbacks of the premature advance of the QRP.

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.

RxB QxP Black's Queen cannot easily be driven away from her commanding position, particularly as White must lose a move to save his QRP.

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.

In 1935 George and his father Costas built a one-valve transmitter using a type 59 pentode with suppressor grid modulation, and succeeded in contacting most of the world with this QRP rig.

From The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view by Joly, Norman F.

By QRP I mean outputs of half a watt or less.

From The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view by Joly, Norman F.

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