Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 22:48:31 12/15/98
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On December 15, 1998 at 22:44:00, Dann Corbit wrote: >I went to the Mecca Chess Encyclopedia to get this definition: >"Sacrifice: To deliberately give up material to achieve an advantage. The >advantage gained might be an attack, gain in tempo, greater board control, >creating an outpost, etc." > >Which does sound a lot like Gambit: >"Any opening that contains a planned sacrifice of material, usually to promote >rapid development or control of the center. >Trivia >A wrestling term for tripping up the heels. Ruy Lopez was the first to use it as >a chess term for traps in 1561. Greco introduces the term into England and >France in 1623." > >Now, my stupid question is, "Can someone show me a real sacrifice that is a >sacrifice?" > >I want to understand what one is. Dear Dann, Go and read my posts: Real Sacrifices Part II, and Can Chess Engines Find Real Sacrifices. There you will find examples of real sacrifices !!! Laurence
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