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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Go for

Hello.
The title of this section is "Going for a Gambit"(from Play Winning Chess by GM Seirawan)What doees it mean to go for a gambit?
  

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In this case, when talking about chess, it's a opening where you sacrifice one of your pieces (usually a smaller piece, like a ****), in the hopes of achieving an advantage against your opponent.

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  • In this case, when talking about chess, it's a opening where you sacrifice one of your pieces (usually a smaller piece, like a ****), in the hopes of achieving an advantage against your opponent.
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In this case, when talking about chess, it's a opening where you sacrifice one of your pieces (usually a smaller piece, like a ****), in the hopes of achieving an advantage against your opponent.
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Sorry, but I asked for the meaning of 'go for'. rather than 'Gambit'
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(Attempting) to make that certain move.
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This is the definition from American Heritage dictionary:

go for

1. Informal To have a special liking for: I really go for progressive jazz.

2. To attack: an opponent who is known to go for the jugular in arguments.

3. To pass for or serve as:
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