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Subject: Re: Guys it is a Tactical Sacrifice

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 19:57:08 03/25/05

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Terry,

>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.

I'd say that S9 played the move without seeing the tactical compensation for
material and only seeing a big space, mobility and king exposure advantage for
white. Therefore I'd say it's a positional sacrifice - S9 did not see the
tactical win when selecting Nf5 after 5 secs.

Have you any examples of positions where computers have made positional
sacrifices by your definition?

Regards,

Steve



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