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17. Hey, Joe Philly....

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Everybody who has ever played Chess HAS indeed Sacrificed a Pawn to protect their Royalty.[/font]

Will you try to dispute the above claim?
You "claim" to be knowledgeable about the game of Chess.
Have you NEVER sacrificed a Pawn?

What made you response Gish Gallop was the failed attempt to dilute the the OP by dumping non relevant information into the dialog.

I stand by the OP:
[font size=4] Chess IS a game where Pawns are sacrificed to protect the Royalty.[/font]

THAT is a valid description of the game,
and occurs routinely in almost EVERY game of Chess.

Anybody who is reading this thread can check this out themselves by looking up the definition and etymology of the term "Sacrificial Pawn",
or by picking up a book of Beginning Chess where the Sacrificial Pawn WILL be discusses in the first few chapters,

OR

they can believe your claim that Pawns are NEVER sacrificed to protect the Royalty in the Game of Chess.

"In chess, a sacrifice is a move giving up a piece in the hopes of gaining tactical or positional compensation in other forms. A sacrifice could also be a deliberate exchange of a chess piece of higher value for an opponent's piece of lower value."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice_%28chess%29