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Top 5 Chess Sacrifices Most Players Cannot Find

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
07.01.2014
Category: Problems
Tags: chess sacrifices, great sacrifices,
Top 5 Chess Sacrifices Most Players Cannot Find

Sacrifice in chess is defined as a move that gives up some material in hopes for getting some tactical or positional compensation in the future. In other words, sacrifice is a risky business; you give up a piece now and may not get any return in future. Today we offer you to challenge yourself with 5 tactics problems, all involving a sacrifice of some sort, that are not obvious

and require some serious thinking from your side.

Even the great players like Karpov and Leko did not see it coming!

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“Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable … ” – Anatoly Karpov

Problem #1: Kasparov – Vinograd

top 5 sacrifices in chess most cannot find

White to move and win

Problem #2: Dvoretzky – Szilagyi, Magyarorsag 1978

top 5 sacrifices in chess most cannot find

White to move and win

Problem #3: Kramnik – Abramovic, Biel 1993

top 5 sacrifices in chess most cannot find

White to move and win

Problem #4: Karpov – Kramnik

top 5 sacrifices in chess most cannot find

Black to move and win

Problem #5: Gelfand – Leko

top 5 sacrifices in chess most cannot find

White to move and win

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Brian
05.31.2015 05:26

Problem #1: rf1xf4
Problem #2: nc3e4
Problem #3: rf4xbf6
Problem #4: nf5g3
Problem #5: qxnc5

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ncd
07.14.2014 21:23

Shirov’s Bh3 against Topalov shouldnt be forgotten, even the best computers cannot find it.

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Nihal Weerasinghe
07.11.2014 13:43

1.0 Rxf4
2.0 Ne4
3.0 Rxf6
4.0 rxh2
5.0 Rd7

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Lucas
07.06.2014 17:41

Problem #1:

Txf4
Qxf4
Tf1 //taking the queen away
Qe5
Qg6+
Kf8
Txf7+
Ke8
Qg8++

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George Kosinski
07.03.2014 15:01

Had trouble with #5 because I didn’t notice the queen is x-raying the e7-rook.

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Sanath Kumar
07.02.2014 18:36

Problem 1: 1. Rxf4 diverting the Black queen from control on h8…followed by 2. Qh7+… & 3. Qh8# or 3. Qg6#

Problem 2: 1. Ne4; Rxe4 2. Bxf6 (threatening Nh6#); gxf5 or N8d7 3. Bxd8 winning the exchange..& having a passed pawn..

Problem 3: 1. Rxf6 (forcing the King into dangerous zone); Kxf6 2. Qh4+; Kg7 3. Qh6+; Kg8 4. Qh8# (If 2. …; Kg6, 3. Qh6+; Kf5 4. Qg5+ wins the Queen) (If 2…; Kf5, 3. Qg5+ wins the Queen)

Problem 4: 1. Rxh2 (simultaneously threatening Rh1# & Qxf2#); Kxh2 2. Qxf2+; Kh3 3. Qf1+; Kh2 or Kh2 4. Qh1#

Problem 5: 1. Rd7 (threatening the Queen & exploiting the pinned knight. 1…; Nxd7 loses to 2. Qxe7+ followed by 3. Rxd7); Rxd7 2. Rxd7 (1…; Qe5 loses to 2. Rxe7+; Qxe7 3. Rd7 pinning the Queen & exploiting the pinned knight); Nxd7 (forced) 4. Qe7_ followed by cxd7 & winning with the passed pawn on d7.

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E. B.
07.04.2014 08:47

1. d6

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luiz
07.01.2014 21:17

#1 RxF4

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nabil
07.01.2014 16:35

1-Qh7+ …..Rxf4
2-Ne4
3-Rxf6
4-Rxh2
5-Re7

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