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Positional Pawn Sacrifice
Compiled by Kafka9
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Pawn sacs for initiative, tempo, open up diagonals, enable manoeuvering, free squares

15...e4!? fxe4, 16..f4 push 20...Be5 blockade
Gheorghiu vs Kasparov, 1988 
(E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 36 moves, 0-1

19. e5! dxe5 20. f5! against fianchettoed king bishop
J Penrose vs Tal, 1960 
(A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 39 moves, 1-0

13... c5! pawn sac for open c and a files. 14..Na5
Lautier vs Ivanchuk, 1991 
(D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 25 moves, 0-1

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