A move very calculated which may give up material in order to create a winning chance or a positional advantage. This action could also be used to create some psychological impact like in zeitnot with the idea to destabilise the opponent. Among sacrifices, may be mentioned the positional sacrifice, the mating sacrifice, etc.
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Quotes of the Day
Vugar Gashimov deserves to be immortalized!
Mahir Mamedov 2014
Politics is a team game, here it is necessary to compromise, to take into account the views of other people. As for Garry, he is quite a contentious, totalitarian person. But in general, I’m sorry that Kasparov switched to a role that does not match the scale of his personality.
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game.
Lajos Portisch
I think I would beat Tal pretty easily. Fischer would be more difficult, but I think I could beat him too.
Magnus Carlsen
There is no room for gallantry in chess.
Irving Chernev
