In chess, it is the equivalent of giving a pawn to capture a rook.
"This is a pawn in the political fight between the players and the tournament directors, " he said.
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Krupen's practice is a pawn in a medical revolution that began in Washington.
"People are coming in and selling everything, " says Glenn Parshall, manager of a pawn shop on the northern side of Vegas.
"I think that the White House wanted to try to discredit me, and they found a pawn in her, " Willey said.
Kind of like a pawn shop, but publicly traded and well trusted.
King Charles of Anjou (and Naples), a powerful ruler of the era, tried to use him as a pawn to gain legitimacy over Sicily.
Then again, she could always hock it at a pawn shop.
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King Charles of Anjou (and Naples), the most powerful ruler of the era, tried to use him as a pawn to gain legitimacy over Sicily.
Task World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand with explaining every slide of a pawn or block of a bishop and he might lose sight of the board.
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Since Wall Street investment manager Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme was revealed, business has been booming at a pawn shop near Palm Beach, Fla.
Earlier, the judge said he was merely a pawn in the operation who had taken great courage to plead guilty while his father was still on trial.
But the combination of two world wars fought largely on European soil and a 40-year Cold War changed all that, making much of Europe a pawn between two nuclear superpowers.
"The court is well aware that it is being used as a pawn in a global, industry-wide business negotiation, " Judge James Robart was quoted as saying by The Seattle Times.
He also claimed he had not stopped while leaving that building on his way to a pawn shop and was seemingly flummoxed when authorities told him they'd spotted him tossing items into a trash can.
In that context Berwick becomes a pawn.
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Over the past week, the Kansas City Royals have been the subject of several rumors due to their willingness to use prized prospect Wil Myers as a pawn to secure another legitimate and accomplished starting pitcher to compliment Jeremy Guthrie and the recently acquired Ervin Santana.
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Some Angelenos worry that Mr Murdoch is more interested in developing a media franchise than in owning a bit of history or rubbing shoulders with sports heroes. (Sport, he believes, attracts subscribers like nothing else.) They also worry that their team is being used as a pawn in a battle between two media empires, News Corporation and Disney.
In tandem, however, the Iranian regime likely will need to sacrifice a political pawn.
Newton's character begins as just a lovely pawn in the game.
Or Mr Barghouti could be elected in Mr Abbas's place but remain in prison as a diplomatic pawn, waiting for Israel to extract some public promises from him before his release.
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Cook, who has a prior history of arrests for thefts and burglary, was identified when an HP laptop stolen from one of the hotel rooms was found in a local pawn shop, where staff helped police to identify him.
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Likewise, character creation has a few extra options including more skin colors (my Pawn started life as a blue-skinned behemoth this time around.) The Pawn rating and gifting system is gone as well, apparently.
They see their group as a public relations pawn more than anything else.
Atlantic Avenue, the city's main drag, has been reduced from a thriving artery that pumps cars toward glitz and glamour to a haven for pawn shops, check cashers, and outlet stores.
Whereas traditional pawn shops can charge upwards of 20% per month for a loan, online pawn shops charge as little as 2%, which is lower than other forms of alternative financing such as receivables factoring.
While pawnbrokers are working hard to dispel the industry's aura of backstreet financial shame and transform it into a modern, slick financial service, it's clear that pawn shops still carry a stigma for many.
One moment you are in a chess app moving pawn to K4 and the next second you find that you have accidentally clicked on one of these banners and have been directed to the app store.
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