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Positional Sacrifices
Compiled by simonpantera
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A doubious pawn sacrifice that worked
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
(B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

Typical Pawn Sacrifice in King's Indian
Gheorghiu vs Kasparov, 1988 
(E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 36 moves, 0-1

Typical Pawn Sacrifice in Benoni
J Penrose vs Tal, 1960 
(A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 39 moves, 1-0

Typical Pawn Sacrifice in IQP Positions
Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1969 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Andersson, 1981 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0

Bronstein vs A Beliavsky, 1975 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0

Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 21 moves, 1-0

Petrosian vs Petrovsky, 1946 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1951 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 51 moves, 1-0

Carlsen vs Anand, 2012 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

Hort vs P Biyiasas, 1976 
(E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 35 moves, 1-0

Kramnik vs Harikrishna, 2017 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0

AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017 
(C11) French, 52 moves, 1-0

Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019 
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 52 moves, 0-1

Carlsen vs Giri, 2019 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 38 moves, 1-0

Dubov vs Karjakin, 2020 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 38 moves, 1-0

R Leitao vs Caruana, 2010 
(D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 24 moves, 0-1

D Marjan vs Suba, 1974 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 0-1

Smyslov vs J H Donner, 1950 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0

A Riazantsev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002 
(E61) King's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1

Khalifman vs E Ermenkov, 1994 
(A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 1-0

Carlsen vs A Naumann, 2022 
(C45) Scotch Game, 30 moves, 1-0

B Wexler vs Bronstein, 1960 
(A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 32 moves, 0-1

Stein vs Smyslov, 1972 
(A17) English, 35 moves, 1-0

Stein vs Tal, 1971 
(A14) English, 33 moves, 1-0

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