谁能帮我解释以下Thinking in C++中的这段程序

程序如下:
//: C14:SynthesizedFunctions.cpp
// Functions that are synthesized by the compiler
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
class GameBoard {
public:
GameBoard() { cout << "GameBoard()\n"; }
GameBoard(const GameBoard&) {
cout << "GameBoard(const GameBoard&)\n";
}
GameBoard& operator=(const GameBoard&) {
cout << "GameBoard::operator=()\n";
return *this;
}
~GameBoard() { cout << "~GameBoard()\n"; }
};
class Game {
GameBoard gb; // Composition
public:
// Default GameBoard constructor called:
Game() { cout << "Game()\n"; }
// You must explicitly call the GameBoard
// copy-constructor or the default constructor
// is automatically called instead:
Game(const Game& g) : gb(g.gb) {
cout << "Game(const Game&)\n";
}
Game(int) { cout << "Game(int)\n"; }
Game& operator=(const Game& g) {
// You must explicitly call the GameBoard
// assignment operator or no assignment at
// all happens for gb!
gb = g.gb;
cout << "Game::operator=()\n";
return *this;
}
class Other {}; // Nested class
// Automatic type conversion:
operator Other() const {
cout << "Game::operator Other()\n";
return Other();
}
~Game() { cout << "~Game()\n"; }
};
class Chess : public Game {};
void f(Game::Other) {}
class Checkers : public Game {
public:
// Default base-class constructor called:
Checkers() { cout << "Checkers()\n"; }
// You must explicitly call the base-class
// copy constructor or the default constructor
// will be automatically called instead:
Checkers(const Checkers& c) : Game(c) {
cout << "Checkers(const Checkers& c)\n";
}
Checkers& operator=(const Checkers& c) {
// You must explicitly call the base-class
// version of operator=() or no base-class
// assignment will happen:
Game::operator=(c);
cout << "Checkers::operator=()\n";
return *this;
}
};
int main() {
Chess d1; // Default constructor
Chess d2(d1); // Copy-constructor
//! Chess d3(1); // Error: no int constructor
d1 = d2; // Operator= synthesized
f(d1); // Type-conversion IS inherited
Game::Other go;
//! d1 = go; // Operator= not synthesized
// for differing types
Checkers c1, c2(c1);
c1 = c2;
} ///:~

问题:
1.d1=d2为什么会调用GameBoard和Game中的operator=(),operator=()是否可以继承,如果可以继承,它为什么会自动调用基类中的operator=();
2.f(d1)是怎么实现的,是否是将d1从Chess类型转为Game类型再转为Other类型;
3.原文中的"synthesized"具体是什么含义;
4."Type-conversion IS inherited",我觉得不太好理解,请解释一下;
谢谢!