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A sacrifice to disrupt the defences e.g. Bxh6, gxh6. A means of penetrating the enemy position by a sacrifice involving pieces or pawns.

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"] [Site "Malmo"] [Date "2001.06.20"] [Round "9"] [White "Berg, Emanuel"] [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2474"] [BlackElo "2659"] [Annotator "Postny,E"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2001.06.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SWE"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 14. Qe3 Bd6 15. Qxh6 Rb8 (15... Bd7 $1 16. Re3 Re8 17. Rf3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17. Qh4+ Kg7 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Re3 $1 Bg4 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rae1 Bh5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Rh3 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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