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53b_Middlegames: Positional Pawn Sacrifice Pawn sacs for initiative, tempo, open up diagonals, enable manoeuvering, free squares pattern recognition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv93... [Event "Golden Sands Europe op 2nd"] [Date "2013.06.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Sagar, Shah"] [Black "Sofranov, Velizar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E69"] [WhiteElo "2359"] [BlackElo "2154"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 c6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Be3 a4 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. f4 h5 16. Bf2 Nfd7 17. a3 Bh6 18. Nf3 Bf8 19. e5 dxe5 20. f5 Kg7 21. Nh4 g5 22. f6+ Nxf6 23. Nf5+ Kg8 24. Nd6 Bd7 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Qd2 Ne6 27. Ne4 1-0 click for larger view <19.e5!> 37 games, 1936-2022 Benoni Defense: Classical featuring Tal Compiled by dnash007. Thank you dnash007! 25 games, 1953-2016 Great opposite coloured Bishops endings Endings with bishops of opposite colour are notorious for their drawish character. They are often drawn even when one side has a two pawn advantage. However, under some circumstances, the position allows a win for the strongest side, only if he plays with high accuracy. 27 games, 1879-2011 My 10 selected King's Indian games for more: Mikhail Golubev. Understanding the King's Indian. The Kindle Edition of my 2006 book (Amazon) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MPTEFIC... 10 games, 1991-2010 Positional Sacrifices 26 games, 1946-2022 Simple Chess 29 games, 1907-1975 Simple Chess 29 games, 1907-1975 The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal 101 games, 1949-1965 The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal (part 2) 86 games, 1965-1975