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3 Most Brilliant Queen Sacrifice In Chess History

3 Most Brilliant Queen Sacrifice In Chess History

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What pieces are the most beautiful to sacrifice? pawn? no. Minors? bigger. Rook? BIGGER. Yes, the queen! it was the most powerful piece, but of course, don't sacrifice the king or you lose. In this blog, I will list the 3 most brilliant queen sacrifices by grandmasters with an analysis and explanation.

3. Paul Morphy vs. Duke Karl

This game is known as the opera game where Paul Morphy sacrifice his queen to deliver checkmate in move 17

In move 15 black should capture the Morphy's light squared-bishop with the queen instead of the knight, and the brilliant move queen to b8 check is unstoppable and it's mate in 2.

2. Adolf Anderssen vs. Lionel Kieseritzky

This game is also popular, it was called the Immortal Game where Anderssen sacrifice his 2 rooks, a bishop and a queen and deliver checkmate with only the remaining 3 minor pieces.

White must do the queen sacrifice because if white play Be7+ immediately, the bishop will be captured by the knight on g8, so the queen sacrifice is a forcing move to remove the defender.

1. Stefan Levitsky vs. Frank James Marshall

Frank Marshall has a very brilliant queen sacrifice that make black win with either checkmate or material and position

This move look a bit weird but it's actually very brilliant that white had no way to stop it. This is the reason why white resigned:
If white takes it with the queen:
If white takes it with the f-pawn:
If white takes it with the h-pawn:
That is the top 3 most beautiful brilliant queen sacrifice in chess, which one is your favorite?