By Mihai Suba
In chess, sacrificing fabric is the main dramatic option to try and grab the virtue. so much sacrifices have a forcing objective in brain, yet such a lot profound of all are positional sacrifices the place the tip is most unlikely to foresee and hence effective judgment and realizing are required. Such sacrifices are typically a secret to typical gamers, yet acclaimed writer and chess grandmaster Mihai Suba explains the secrets and techniques of this pleasing method.
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E3?! d e f g h Until now, the play had been following the machines' recommendations. 0-0! White may succeed in turning his dubious true sacrifice into a draw-in-the-pocket one. l l ... Wfe6!? f5 is extremely sharp, but White isn't worse. Wfxb7t 4... ltlc3 c5 As in the Sicilian, the purpose of this move is to split the mass of white pawns which tend to occupy the centre. Perhaps it is not the best move, but it is the safest. a b c d e f g h 30 Positional Chess Sacrifices Black must choose between allowing a perpetual or being mated.
C5, and even formidable Alekhine players (such as "Rufik" Vaganian) have fallen victim to this variation. For this reason I would recommend 5 ... ttJf6! as a more reliable antidote to the gambit. 8J�xh5! Of course! This is exactly the kind of sacrifice that one can play on purely intuitive grounds. l0xd5! would have been even stronger, as after 1 O ... lLlf3 White has a huge attack. Black does better to decline the offer with 1 0 ... lLlf4 leaves White clearly better. g7 1 0 ... ib5. f6? Too slow.
The pawn grab 7 ... 1Wxa2?! was not such a bad move in itself, but it was symptomatic of Black's fixation with his queens, and it was the first step along the path of grave time-wasting. It was rather like watching a beginner flailing around with his queen, except that here there were two of them! Meanwhile White developed his pieces smoothly and broke through effortlessly. fxe6!? • Defending along the seventh rank - see 1 6 .. a7! lt:Jd5! 4 // . 3 �mi' 0%�0" 2 ��- � ��1��-l�/):/J[j � �if��0M a b c d e f g h 6.