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Top 5 Chess Sacrifices Every Player Must Know

Written by Yury Markushin
Monday, 01 December 2014 00:00

This article is a continuation of the last week's Top 10 Tactical Tricks Every Chess Player Must
Know. This time we are focusing on the most typical sacrifices that occur often in practical
games.

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must know what to look out for in your games. If you are an attacking player, you will be the one
looking to include these in your repertoire. Today will learn about e5, h7, g8 and f7 sacrifices among other things.

Position 1: Sacrifice on e6
Isaac Boleslavsky - Salomon Flohr, 1950

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14... Nf6 Here is an example of a typical sacrifice

on e6. It is the most effective way to expose
opponent's king and it work best when the king
did not castle yet. 15. Be6! fe6 16.
17. Rde1 Nd5 18. Bg5 O-O-O 19.
20. Re7 Rhf8 21. Qg4 Kb8 22. Qg7 White is a
pawn up and has a strong initiative, he won the
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Position 2: Sacrifice on f7
Arthur William Dake - Jim Schmitt, 1949

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Take a look at this typical bishop sacrifice on

17. Bf7! Kf7 18. Ng5 Kf6 19. Qf4# And black's
king gets quickly checkmated. 1-0

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Position 3: Sacrifice on h7

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This is a typical position for a bishop sacrifice on

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1. Bh7 Kh7 2. Ng5 Kg8 This move loses players
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7. Nd2+ but even here white is much better.
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3. Qh5 Re8 4. Qh7 Kf8 5. Qh8 Ng8 6.
7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Bf6 gf6 9. Qf6# Forced checkmate.
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Position 4: Sacrifice on g8
Arthur William Dake - Jim Schmitt, 1949

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Let's take a look at this position. Can white

checkmate black by force. 18... Kg8 19.
20. Nf7 Kg8 21. Nh6 Kh8 22. Qg8
typical queen sacrifice which leads to a
smothered mate. White's knight protects the
queen, so that only the rook can capture it.
22... Rg8 23. Nf7# The knight delivers smothered
mate on f7. 1-0

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Position 5: Sacrifice on g8
Louis Paulsen - Paul Morphy, 1857

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17. Qa6 "Morphy took twelve minutes over his

next move, probably to assure himself that the
combination was sound and that he had a forced
win in every variation." - Chernev. 17...
is a typical queen sacrifice aimed to destroy the
king's side pawn structure. 18. gf3 Rg6
Bh3 20. Rd1 Bg2 21. Kg1 Bf3 22.
23. Kg1 Bh3 24. Kh1 Bf2 25. Qf1
forced. 25... Bf1 26. Rf1 Re2 27. Ra1 Rh6
Be3 And white is lost here. 0-1

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#1 Gokula Anand 2014-12-01 15:48
The first 4 positions are very practical and often occurs in real play. The fifth can be done only by Paul Morphy like
people. This article is very useful for chess coaches
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