The Art of Sacrifice in Chess

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The Art of Sacrifice in Chess
Compiled by mark jc. Garado

In chess, a sacrifice is a move giving up a piece in the hopes of gaining tactical or positional compensation in other forms. A sacrifice could also be a deliberate exchange of a chess piece of higher value for an opponent's piece of lower value.

This few amazing games shows the beauty of combinations in chess.

60. .f5+! Giri's sacrifice a pawn 61. Nxf5 Bxh4 and the game was
Van Wely vs Giri, 2012
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
GM Serper sacrificed all his pieces and managed to win the game.
Serper vs I Nikolaidis, 1993
(E70) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
V Gashimov vs Navara, 2012
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
3 games

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