In Chess, sacrificing material is a fascinating way to try to win! However, many of us do it as part of a quick combination to deliver checkmate or win our material back with interest. In this lesson (#126), we will learn when it is okay to sacrifice a pawn in order to acquire a better position and then capitalize on it little by little.
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00:00 Getting started with Positional Pawn Sacrifices in Chess
00:50 When to do a positional pawn sacrifice in the middlegame
02:40 Mikhail Tal's positional pawn sacrifice
05:53 2nd exercise about positional pawn sacrifice
08:10 Rudolf Spielmann's positional pawn sacrifice
18:56 Bent Larsen's positional pawn sacrifice
24:02 Mihail Marin's positional pawn sacrifice
27:06 Homework exercise about positional pawn sacrifice
Games analyzed in this lesson (#126):
Tal vs Darga: www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1139503
Spielmann vs Landau: www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1130940
Larsen vs Gheorghiu: www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1318263
Marin vs Shirov: www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1553620
Homework game: www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1025541
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