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The noble art of the exchange sac
Compiled by Timwestlund
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There are multiple reasons to sac the exchange. From getting a blockade and saving your neck to fataly weakening your opponent's structure or dominating a colour complex

Petrosian saves his neck with the greatest exchange sac ever
Reshevsky vs Petrosian, 1953 
(E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Andersson vs Seirawan, 1983 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 1-0

Karpov slaughters Topalov with double exchange sac
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994 
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

Kasparov wins brilliantly with a thematic exchange sac
Movsesian vs Kasparov, 2000 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 32 moves, 0-1

Shirov plays the very strong exchange sac Rc4!
D Dvirnyy vs Shirov, 2020 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 0-1

Tigran Petrosian, god of the exchange sac
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

Grandelius wins with the crushing exchange sac Rxc6!
N Grandelius vs Shirov, 2018 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 39 moves, 1-0

Eliminating the defender of the white squares
Kasparov vs Shirov, 1994 
(B33) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2021 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 49 moves, 0-1

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