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
it would have been a debacle if Karjakin had become the 17th World Champion.
Garry Kasparov 2016
Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did”
Magnus Carlsen 2017
I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess. Others give only 2 percent!
Robert Fischer
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.
Marcel Duchamp
Parapsychology? That’s a bunch of bananas. Korchnoi believes in that. He is still playing his game with the ghost of Geza Maroczy.
Nathan Divinsky 2004
