Essential Chess Sacrifices

by David Lemoir

Sacrifices are an essential part of chess. Those who never consider sacrificing will miss countless opportunities and find that promising positions repeatedly slip away. Players who do not appreciate their opponents' sacrificial possibilities will be unable to see danger signs, and find themselves on the wrong end of too many king-hunts. Rather than merely cataloguing the various possibilities and providing examples, LeMoir discusses the possible follow-ups to the sacrifices, the defensive options against them, and the positional factors that might suggest whether the sacrifice will be sound or unsound. There are many important types of chess positions that can only be played well by those who understand the thematic sacrifices that are possible.

Genres: Chess

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

After many years of working with students I have realized that it doesn't pay off to work on the main variations of the Sicilian (as White) before understanding all the possible Sicilian tactics, since without them White is practically impotent. By covering all of them (Bxb5, Nxb5, Nd5, Bd5, Nxe6, Bxe6, Nf5) this book has made my job much easier.