GREEK GIFT

Term given to the Bishop sacrifice on h7 (unmoved) without Knight on f6 or e8. First shown by Polerio in the 16^th century.

When I am in the USSR, I have the feeling that every tram conductor plays chess better than I do. Hans Ree
What’s been bothering me is not that I haven’t won tournaments, but that I haven’t played very well. Magnus Carlsen
2017
This one hour allows me to put the problem into the background and then, when I come back, I am much more rational and less emotional about the particular problem and I can think better about it. G. Borg
2016
For goodness’ sake, how could Kasparov, after all his matches against Karpov, support him in the FIDE President elections? What sort of unprincipled person do you have to be? I would never understand that. Viktor Korchnoi
2012
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. Rudolf Spielmann

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