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ReliabilityGuy
Jun 3, 2011
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What does it mean to pitch a piece? I heard the term in a video...pitching a pawn, pitching a knight.

Does it mean to sacrafice it?

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ivandh
Jun 3, 2011
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#2

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/the-schmidlap-maneuver

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Mosca_Perruna
Jun 3, 2011
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#3

LOL!!!

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planeden
Jun 3, 2011
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ivandh wrote:

beat me too it. 

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Conflagration_Planet
Jun 3, 2011
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Reliability Guy wrote:

What does it mean to pitch a piece? I heard the term in a video...pitching a pawn, pitching a knight.

Does it mean to sacrifice it?

 That IM Pruess (not sure how to spell his name) told you it meant to sacrifice a piece.