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
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
I believe motivation is one of the most important things one has to have after playing for many years. Chess is a very complete, well thought-out game, which is why people have been playing it since ancient times.
Judith Polgar
School is a waste of time for me. I want to be world chess champion, and they can’t teach me anything there.
Robert Fischer 1961
I think the players in this world championship are in different leagues. Karjakin is excellent—Carlsen is special.
Garry Kasparov 2016
I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess. Others give only 2 percent!
Robert Fischer
