Inside Dumbledore's Head (was Re: Prophets without Honour)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 79672

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mochajava13" 
<mochajava13 at y...> wrote:
> Kneasy:
> To go back to the chess analogy, Harry is a pawn, maybe a knight,
> no more. DD is the player. He will sacrifice a knight, if he has to.
> 


Sarah:
> Wow, I never thought about the chess analogy before, but this 
fits.  
> And look at all the talk of chess we have in the books!  I agree 
> almost 100 percent, except for this: Harry is the king of a chess 
> game.  He can't be sacrificed, because if he is, the game is lost.  
> The other side (here, Voldemort and his pure-blood only mania) has 
> won.  We now know Dumbledore's view about Trelawney's prophecy: he 
> thinks that Harry, and Harry alone, has the power to defeat 
> Voldemort.  Only Harry can destroy Voldemort, and vice versa.  
Kings 
> of a chess game: capture the opponents king, and the game is won.  
> If Harry gets captured, all is lost.
> 

Geoff:
If Harry is a king, he can't win the game. A king cannot check a king.

The king has to be protected. The next most valuable piece which is 
obviously the centre of any strategy is the queen......