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Subject: Re: Guys it is a Tactical Sacrifice

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 14:50:23 03/25/05

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On March 25, 2005 at 17:44:02, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Terry,
>
>>Shredder saw this move earlier, and played quickly. It's not a positinal
>>sacrifice.
>
>Paste the EPD into Shredder 9 and it will find Nf5 after only a couple of
>seconds i.e. it sees this move quickly without using previous search knowledge.
>
>How do you define a "Tactical Sacrifice" and a "Positional Sacrifice"?
>
>Steve

A tactical sacrifice leads to a gain in material and Nf5 does....a positional
sacrifice gives compensation for material, space and mobility, which will
eventually lead to material returned, etc.

Terry



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