Term used by Hans Kmoch and Prins in 1946 to mention the sacrifice of the White’s Bishop (i.e on h7)
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FIDE is now a political organization. And being a political organization, it, of course, means that people in FIDE have some other interests – that is, to sit in their positions for the next hundred years.
Silvio Danailov 2016
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.
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In one game it is too difficult to play both for win and draw simultaneously.
Mihail Tal 1969
