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Top 5 Chess Sacrifices Every Player Must KnowWritten by Yury Markushin Monday, 01 December 2014 00:00

This article is a continuation of the last week's Top 10 Tactical Tricks Every Chess Player MustKnow. This time we are focusing on the most typical sacrifices that occur often in practicalgames.

Why is it important to know about it? Let me tell you, that even if you are a positional player youmust know what to look out for in your games. If you are an attacking player, you will be the one

looking to include these in your repertoire. Today will learn about e5, h7, g8 and f7 sacrifices among other things.

Position 1: Sacrifice on e6

Isaac Boleslavsky - Salomon Flohr, 1950

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14... Nf6 Here is an example of a typical sacrificeon e6. It is the most effective way to exposeopponent's king and it work best when the kingdid not castle yet. 15. Be6! fe6 16. 17. Rde1 Nd5 18. Bg5 O-O-O 19. 20. Re7 Rhf8 21. Qg4 Kb8 22. Qg7 White is apawn up and has a strong initiative, he won thegame shortly. 1-0

Position 2: Sacrifice on f7

Arthur William Dake - Jim Schmitt, 1949

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Take a look at this typical bishop sacrifice on 17. Bf7! Kf7 18. Ng5 Kf6 19. Qf4# And black'sking gets quickly checkmated. 1-0

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Position 3: Sacrifice on h7

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This is a typical position for a bishop sacrifice onh7. Notice how all white's pieces bishop, knightand queen are pointed at the black's king side.1. Bh7 Kh7 2. Ng5 Kg8 This move loses ratherquickly. [A better approach would be3. Qg4 f5 4. Qg3 f4 5. Bf4 Nf5 6. 7. Nd2+» but even here white is much better.3. Qh5 Re8 4. Qh7 Kf8 5. Qh8 Ng8 6. 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Bf6 gf6 9. Qf6# Forced checkmate.

Position 4: Sacrifice on g8

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Let's take a look at this position. Can whitecheckmate black by force. 18... Kg8 19. 20. Nf7 Kg8 21. Nh6 Kh8 22. Qg8 typical queen sacrifice which leads to asmothered mate. White's knight protects thequeen, so that only the rook can capture it.22... Rg8 23. Nf7# The knight delivers smotheredmate on f7. 1-0

Position 5: Sacrifice on g8

Louis Paulsen - Paul Morphy, 1857

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17. Qa6 "Morphy took twelve minutes over hisnext move, probably to assure himself that thecombination was sound and that he had a forcedwin in every variation." - Chernev. 17... is a typical queen sacrifice aimed to destroy theking's side pawn structure. 18. gf3 Rg6Bh3 20. Rd1 Bg2 21. Kg1 Bf3 22. 23. Kg1 Bh3 24. Kh1 Bf2 25. Qf1 forced. 25... Bf1 26. Rf1 Re2 27. Ra1 Rh6Be3 And white is lost here. 0-1

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#1 Gokula Anand 2014-12-01 15:48The first 4 positions are very practical and often occurs in real play. The fifth can be done only by Paul Morphy likepeople. This article is very useful for chess coaches

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