Pawn Sacrifice! by Timothy Taylor (UNDER CONSTRU

Pawn Sacrifice! by Timothy Taylor (UNDER CONSTRU
Compiled by eightbyeight

THIS COLLECTION IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. In his groundbreaking book on speculative pawn sacrifices, Taylor has 67 main games where excellent speculative sacrifices occurred. He includes elements of time pressure and "Sacrificial Shock" (a defender blunders after a speculative sacrifice) in his analyses. The games which are in the database are here. Once the collection is finished, I will provide links to those games which are not in the database.

Chapter 1: King Attack 33.g5! King attack turns to Queen snare!
M Bobotsov vs Petrosian, 1968
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
20. Qxf4! Fischer eventually gets zugzwanged!
Tal vs Fischer, 1959
(E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 34 moves, 1-0
15. Nh4!? Black went wrong instantly, could've won with bxa3!
Tal vs P Kampenuss, 1953
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0
17. ... Ng7!? White could have won with 19. Bxg7!.
Vaganian vs Stein, 1970
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 40 moves, 0-1
17. Bb1! Black can't even use his extra pawn!
Tal vs Tolush, 1957
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
22. ... exf4! Amazing move comes later - 26. ... Bb1!!
L Aronson vs Tal, 1957
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 36 moves, 0-1
Chapter 2: Line opening 36. d6! Q beats RR with open lines!
Tal vs Ghitescu, 1960
(B36) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 50 moves, 1-0
17. d5! followed by 18. Rfe1!! is a real line opener!
Tal vs Z Milev, 1958
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1-0

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