A sacrifice to disrupt the defences e.g. Bxh6, gxh6. A means of penetrating the enemy position by a sacrifice involving pieces or pawns.
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Quotes of the Day
Tactics is what you do when there is something to do; strategy is what you do when there is nothing to do.
Savielly Tartakower
There is no room for gallantry in chess.
Irving Chernev
In one game it is too difficult to play both for win and draw simultaneously.
Mihail Tal 1969
Good players actually use their long-term memory much more than inexperienced players, who use their short-term memory. Good players try to recall patterns.
Magnus Carlsen 2016 2016
The Golden Age, when machines were weak and my hair was strong!
Garry Kasparov 2017
