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sacrifices. The former type leave the opponent with no option but acceptance, typically because not doing so would leave them behind in material with no compensation. Non-forcing sacrifices, on the other hand, give the opponent a choice. A common error is to not recognize when a particular sacrifice
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Even if the sacrifice leads to net material loss for the foreseeable future, the sacrificing player may benefit because they are already ahead in material and the exchanges simplify the position making it easier to win. A player ahead in material may decide that it is worthwhile to get rid of one of
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may be sacrificed. Because players usually try to hold on to their own pieces, offering a sacrifice can come as an unpleasant surprise to one's opponent, putting them off balance and causing them to waste precious time trying to calculate whether the sacrifice is sound or not, and whether to accept
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In a general sense, the aim of all real sacrifices is to obtain a positional advantage. However, there are some speculative sacrifices where the compensation is unrelated to an ensuing attack and may come instead in the form of an open file or diagonal, a weakness in the opponent's
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In compensation for a real sacrifice, the player receives dynamic, positional, or other non-material advantages which they must capitalize on, or risk losing the game due to the material deficit. Because of the risk involved, real sacrifices are also called
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This time Reshevsky is at the receiving end of a sacrifice. White has just played h2–h4. If Black takes the knight he has to give up his own knight on f6 to avoid mate on h7. Instead, he simply ignored the bait and continued developing.
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typically fall into this category. Developing sacrifices are frequently returned at some point by the opponent before the development edge can turn into a more substantial threat such as a kingside attack.
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This particular type of sacrifice has also been called the "Hook and Ladder trick", for the white queen is precariously at the top of the "ladder", while the rook is at the bottom, supporting it.
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is similar to a deflection sacrifice, but the motivation behind a magnet sacrifice is to pull an opponent's piece to a tactically poor square, rather than pulling it away from a crucial square.
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6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kg8 8.Ne6 Qe8 9.Nxc7 Qg6 10.0-0 (10.Nxa8? Qxg2 −/+) 10...Rb8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 (11...dxe5 12.f4 =/∞) 12.Kh1 Qh5 13.f3 h6 14.Qd4 Nc6 15.Qd3 Qa5 16.N7d5 =/∞ S. Mirkovic
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A sacrifice might initiate a combination that results in an overall material gain, making the upfront investment of the sacrifice worthwhile. A sacrifice leading to a pawn
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The tactical sham sacrifices can be categorized further by the mechanism by which the sacrifice is made. Some sacrifices may fall into more than one category.
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The following example features a forced bishop sacrifice by White. White can force mate in two moves in the diagram at left as follows:
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for one or two pawns for greater pawn mobility as compensation. An example of this real, strategic/positional sacrifice can occur in
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A player might sacrifice a pawn or piece to get open lines around the vicinity of the opponent's king, to get a
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advantage, to destroy or damage the opposing king's pawn cover, or to keep the opposing king in the
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This classification scheme was presented by Hans Olav Lahlum in a series of articles in
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The counterpart to the above is saving a lost game. A sacrifice could be made to force
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the opponent. Since checkmate is the ultimate goal of chess, the loss of material (see
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A common benefit of making a sacrifice is to allow the sacrificing player to
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of a chess piece of higher value for an opponent's piece of lower value.
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Chess move that offers material gain in exchange for positional advantage
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after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 where White elects 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 (
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Rudolf Spielman, "The Art of Sacrifice in Chess", 1995, Dover,
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Another way to classify sacrifices is to distinguish between
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in other forms. A sacrifice could also be a deliberate
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proposed a division between sham and real sacrifices:
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with the objective of gaining tactical or positional
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Yugoslavia: 1355:This save from Evans has been dubbed "The 392:, the move 6.Bxf7+ is a bishop sacrifice. 3476:Jack O’Keefe, Michigan Chess Association. 3280: 2115: 1340:(on any other move Black will get mated) 3317: 1366: 480:than their opponent for quite some time. 3080: 3059: 3052: 2982: 2919: 2905: 2898: 2701: 2673: 2645: 2596: 2501:Queen sacrifice leads to smothered mate 2327: 2306: 2292: 2271: 2215: 2201: 2194: 2173: 1941: 1934: 1920: 1885: 1843: 1836: 1740: 1595: 1581: 1567: 1539: 1511: 1476: 1469: 1434: 1188: 857: 829: 733: 263: 207: 200: 172: 144: 137: 130: 81: 5417: 3066: 2912: 2666: 2589: 2313: 2180: 2112:on d3. 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Another openings example is the 456: 13: 3311: 576: 499: 14: 5441: 3318:Horowitz, Al (28 December 1967). 5392: 5063:List of strong chess tournaments 3086: 3079: 3072: 3065: 3058: 3051: 3044: 3037: 3030: 3023: 3016: 3009: 3002: 2995: 2988: 2981: 2974: 2967: 2960: 2953: 2946: 2939: 2932: 2925: 2918: 2911: 2904: 2897: 2890: 2884: 2714: 2707: 2700: 2693: 2686: 2679: 2672: 2665: 2658: 2651: 2644: 2637: 2630: 2623: 2616: 2609: 2602: 2595: 2588: 2581: 2574: 2567: 2560: 2554: 2382: 2375: 2368: 2361: 2354: 2347: 2340: 2333: 2326: 2319: 2312: 2305: 2298: 2291: 2284: 2277: 2270: 2263: 2256: 2249: 2242: 2235: 2228: 2221: 2214: 2207: 2200: 2193: 2186: 2179: 2172: 2165: 2159: 1989: 1982: 1975: 1968: 1961: 1954: 1947: 1940: 1933: 1926: 1919: 1912: 1905: 1898: 1891: 1884: 1877: 1870: 1863: 1856: 1849: 1842: 1835: 1828: 1821: 1814: 1807: 1800: 1794: 1629: 1622: 1615: 1608: 1601: 1594: 1587: 1580: 1573: 1566: 1559: 1552: 1545: 1538: 1531: 1524: 1517: 1510: 1503: 1496: 1489: 1482: 1475: 1468: 1461: 1454: 1447: 1440: 1433: 1426: 1420: 1222: 1215: 1208: 1201: 1194: 1187: 1180: 1173: 1166: 1159: 1152: 1145: 1138: 1131: 1124: 1117: 1111: 926: 919: 912: 905: 898: 891: 884: 877: 870: 863: 856: 849: 842: 835: 828: 821: 814: 807: 800: 793: 787: 702:and a draw from a poor position. 283: 276: 269: 262: 255: 248: 241: 234: 227: 220: 213: 206: 199: 192: 185: 178: 171: 164: 157: 150: 143: 136: 129: 122: 115: 108: 101: 94: 87: 80: 73: 67: 4036:Gökyay Association Chess Museum 3546: 3519: 3499: 3287:Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings 3197:, recommended and practiced by 2108:on d5 and saddled White with a 547:to speed up one's development. 3479: 3460: 3440: 3418: 3391: 3355: 3339: 3274: 3261:§ Planinc vs. Minić, 1973 2821:In this position, Black moves 1: 5161:Computer chess championships 3612:. 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Tartan Books, 1978. 3430:23 August 2007 at the 2116:Sacrifice to checkmate 2098:14... d4! 15. Nxd4 Nd5 663:destruction sacrifices 494:speculative sacrifices 425:it. 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3787: 3657: 3652: 3566: 3561: 3560: 3551: 3547: 3537: 3535: 3525: 3524: 3520: 3505: 3504: 3500: 3485: 3484: 3480: 3474:Wayback Machine 3465: 3461: 3446: 3445: 3441: 3432:Wayback Machine 3423: 3419: 3409: 3407: 3397: 3396: 3392: 3386: 3363:Norsk Sjakkblad 3360: 3356: 3344: 3340: 3330: 3328: 3316: 3312: 3302: 3292:Chess Informant 3279: 3275: 3270: 3246:Queen sacrifice 3227: 3208: 3192: 3190: 3189: 3188: 3092: 3091: 3084: 3077: 3070: 3063: 3056: 3049: 3042: 3035: 3028: 3021: 3014: 3007: 3000: 2993: 2986: 2979: 2972: 2965: 2958: 2951: 2944: 2937: 2930: 2923: 2916: 2909: 2902: 2895: 2885: 2843: 2820: 2818: 2817: 2816: 2720: 2719: 2712: 2705: 2698: 2691: 2684: 2677: 2670: 2663: 2656: 2649: 2642: 2635: 2628: 2621: 2614: 2607: 2600: 2593: 2586: 2579: 2572: 2565: 2555: 2514: 2503: 2490: 2486: 2485: 2484: 2483:White to move 2388: 2387: 2380: 2373: 2366: 2359: 2352: 2345: 2338: 2331: 2324: 2317: 2310: 2303: 2296: 2289: 2282: 2275: 2268: 2261: 2254: 2247: 2240: 2233: 2226: 2219: 2212: 2205: 2198: 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4856: 4851: 4846: 4841: 4836: 4829:Queen's Gambit 4826: 4821: 4816: 4815: 4814: 4809: 4804: 4799: 4794: 4789: 4784: 4779: 4774: 4772:Benoni Defence 4767:Indian Defence 4764: 4759: 4754: 4749: 4743: 4741: 4735: 4734: 4732: 4731: 4730: 4729: 4724: 4719: 4710: 4700: 4695: 4694: 4693: 4683: 4681:Owen's Defence 4678: 4677: 4676: 4671: 4666: 4661: 4656: 4651: 4646: 4641: 4636: 4631: 4626: 4621: 4611: 4606: 4604:Modern Defence 4601: 4599:French Defence 4596: 4591: 4585: 4583: 4577: 4576: 4574: 4573: 4572: 4571: 4566: 4556: 4551: 4546: 4541: 4536: 4534:Bird's Opening 4531: 4525: 4523: 4514: 4508: 4507: 4505: 4504: 4499: 4494: 4489: 4488: 4487: 4482: 4477: 4472: 4465:Pawn structure 4462: 4457: 4456: 4455: 4445: 4444: 4443: 4433: 4427: 4425: 4419: 4418: 4416: 4415: 4410: 4405: 4400: 4395: 4390: 4389: 4388: 4378: 4373: 4368: 4363: 4358: 4353: 4348: 4343: 4338: 4333: 4328: 4323: 4318: 4313: 4312: 4311: 4309:Alekhine's gun 4301: 4295: 4293: 4287: 4286: 4284: 4283: 4278: 4273: 4268: 4263: 4262: 4261: 4256: 4251: 4246: 4241: 4231: 4226: 4225: 4224: 4222:Half-open file 4214: 4209: 4204: 4199: 4194: 4193: 4192: 4187: 4182: 4177: 4172: 4165:Chess notation 4162: 4156: 4154: 4148: 4147: 4145: 4144: 4139: 4134: 4133: 4132: 4122: 4120:Pawn promotion 4117: 4110: 4109: 4108: 4103: 4098: 4093: 4088: 4078: 4073: 4068: 4063: 4057: 4055: 4049: 4048: 4046: 4045: 4044: 4043: 4038: 4033: 4023: 4021:Women in chess 4018: 4017: 4016: 4011: 4006: 3996: 3991: 3990: 3989: 3984: 3983: 3982: 3977: 3967: 3962: 3961: 3960: 3945: 3944: 3943: 3938: 3933: 3931:Hypermodernism 3928: 3926:Romantic chess 3923: 3921:Lewis chessmen 3918: 3913: 3906: 3893: 3891: 3885: 3884: 3882: 3881: 3872: 3867: 3862: 3861: 3860: 3855: 3850: 3845: 3840: 3835: 3830: 3820: 3819: 3818: 3813: 3808: 3797: 3795: 3789: 3788: 3786: 3785: 3780: 3779: 3778: 3768: 3767: 3766: 3761: 3759:world rankings 3751: 3750: 3749: 3748: 3747: 3737: 3727: 3722: 3717: 3712: 3711: 3710: 3705: 3700: 3695: 3688:Computer chess 3685: 3684: 3683: 3673: 3667: 3665: 3659: 3658: 3651: 3650: 3643: 3636: 3628: 3622: 3621: 3603: 3585: 3565: 3562: 3559: 3558: 3545: 3532:Chessgames.com 3518: 3512:Chessgames.com 3498: 3492:Chessgames.com 3478: 3459: 3453:Chessgames.com 3439: 3437:Dana Mackenzie 3417: 3404:ChessGames.com 3390: 3387:(in Norwegian) 3354: 3338: 3310: 3300: 3284:, ed. (1997). 3272: 3271: 3269: 3266: 3265: 3264: 3258: 3253: 3248: 3243: 3238: 3233: 3226: 3223: 3216: 3186: 3183: 3182: 3180: 3177: 3174: 3171: 3168: 3165: 3162: 3159: 3156: 3153: 3152: 3149: 3145: 3144: 3141: 3137: 3136: 3133: 3129: 3128: 3125: 3121: 3120: 3117: 3113: 3112: 3109: 3105: 3104: 3101: 3097: 3096: 3093: 3085: 3078: 3071: 3064: 3057: 3050: 3043: 3036: 3029: 3022: 3015: 3008: 3001: 2994: 2987: 2980: 2973: 2966: 2959: 2952: 2945: 2938: 2931: 2924: 2917: 2910: 2903: 2896: 2889: 2883: 2881: 2877: 2876: 2874: 2871: 2868: 2865: 2862: 2859: 2856: 2853: 2850: 2845: 2844: 2842: 2839: 2831:smothered mate 2815:Black to move 2814: 2811: 2810: 2808: 2805: 2802: 2799: 2796: 2793: 2790: 2787: 2784: 2781: 2780: 2777: 2773: 2772: 2769: 2765: 2764: 2761: 2757: 2756: 2753: 2749: 2748: 2745: 2741: 2740: 2737: 2733: 2732: 2729: 2725: 2724: 2721: 2713: 2706: 2699: 2692: 2685: 2678: 2671: 2664: 2657: 2650: 2643: 2636: 2629: 2622: 2615: 2608: 2601: 2594: 2587: 2580: 2573: 2566: 2559: 2553: 2551: 2547: 2546: 2544: 2541: 2538: 2535: 2532: 2529: 2526: 2523: 2520: 2515: 2505: 2504: 2502: 2499: 2493:! hxg6 2. Qxg6 2482: 2479: 2478: 2476: 2473: 2470: 2467: 2464: 2461: 2458: 2455: 2452: 2449: 2448: 2445: 2441: 2440: 2437: 2433: 2432: 2429: 2425: 2424: 2421: 2417: 2416: 2413: 2409: 2408: 2405: 2401: 2400: 2397: 2393: 2392: 2389: 2381: 2374: 2367: 2360: 2353: 2346: 2339: 2332: 2325: 2318: 2311: 2304: 2297: 2290: 2283: 2276: 2269: 2262: 2255: 2248: 2241: 2234: 2227: 2220: 2213: 2206: 2199: 2192: 2185: 2178: 2171: 2164: 2158: 2156: 2152: 2151: 2149: 2146: 2143: 2140: 2137: 2134: 2131: 2128: 2125: 2120: 2119: 2117: 2114: 2102:semi-open file 2089: 2086: 2085: 2083: 2080: 2077: 2074: 2071: 2068: 2065: 2062: 2059: 2056: 2055: 2052: 2048: 2047: 2044: 2040: 2039: 2036: 2032: 2031: 2028: 2024: 2023: 2020: 2016: 2015: 2012: 2008: 2007: 2004: 2000: 1999: 1996: 1988: 1981: 1974: 1967: 1960: 1953: 1946: 1939: 1932: 1925: 1918: 1911: 1904: 1897: 1890: 1883: 1876: 1869: 1862: 1855: 1848: 1841: 1834: 1827: 1820: 1813: 1806: 1799: 1793: 1791: 1787: 1786: 1784: 1781: 1778: 1775: 1772: 1769: 1766: 1763: 1760: 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4723: 4720: 4718: 4714: 4711: 4709: 4706: 4705: 4704: 4701: 4699: 4696: 4692: 4689: 4688: 4687: 4684: 4682: 4679: 4675: 4672: 4670: 4667: 4665: 4662: 4660: 4657: 4655: 4652: 4650: 4647: 4645: 4642: 4640: 4637: 4635: 4634:King's Gambit 4632: 4630: 4627: 4625: 4622: 4620: 4617: 4616: 4615: 4612: 4610: 4607: 4605: 4602: 4600: 4597: 4595: 4592: 4590: 4587: 4586: 4584: 4582: 4578: 4570: 4567: 4565: 4562: 4561: 4560: 4557: 4555: 4552: 4550: 4549:Grob's Attack 4547: 4545: 4542: 4540: 4539:Dunst Opening 4537: 4535: 4532: 4530: 4529:Benko Opening 4527: 4526: 4524: 4522: 4521:Flank opening 4518: 4515: 4513: 4509: 4503: 4500: 4498: 4495: 4493: 4490: 4486: 4483: 4481: 4478: 4476: 4473: 4471: 4468: 4467: 4466: 4463: 4461: 4458: 4454: 4451: 4450: 4449: 4446: 4442: 4439: 4438: 4437: 4434: 4432: 4429: 4428: 4426: 4424: 4420: 4414: 4411: 4409: 4406: 4404: 4401: 4399: 4396: 4394: 4391: 4387: 4384: 4383: 4382: 4379: 4377: 4374: 4372: 4369: 4367: 4364: 4362: 4359: 4357: 4354: 4352: 4349: 4347: 4344: 4342: 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Index

Sacrifice (disambiguation)
Hanham Variation
Philidor Defence
chess
piece
compensation
exchange
king
queen
brilliancy prizes
algebraic notation
Rudolf Spielmann
material
kingside
space
center
Greek gift sacrifice
opening
Gambits
pawn structure
blockade
strategic
checkmate
Chess piece relative value
checks
stalemate
perpetual check
fortress
draw
promotion

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