A sacrifice to disrupt the defences e.g. Bxh6, gxh6. A means of penetrating the enemy position by a sacrifice involving pieces or pawns.
ECHESSPEDIA
Quotes of the Day
Danailov, in his campaign, used the motto – “I know.” One or two months later he said “I am learning.” Three years after, we know that he cannot learn. He gave so many promises, he has done absolutely nothing.
Georgios Makropoulos 2013
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
Chess should not become an obsession. Otherwise there’s a danger that you will slide off into a parallel world, that you lose your sense of reality, get lost in the infinite cosmos of the game. You become crazy.
Magnus Carlsen 2010
You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game.
Lajos Portisch
I think I am certainly more talented than many other people. But I don’t know what talent consists of.
Magnus Carlsen 2014
