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Your Games Analyzed: Unsound Sacrifice?

Your Games Analyzed: Unsound Sacrifice?

ijgeoffrey
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Thus far, I have spent quite a few posts analyzing my own games. While I still plan to do this, I have decided to begin analyzing games for my readers as well. If you have a game that you would like analyzed, please send it to me, any time! Though I cannot commit to analyzing every single game I receive, I will certainly look over each one, and yours might be the one I analyze and post to my blog! grin.png

To start out this new service, I asked my friends if they had any games they wanted analyzed. I received the following game from my friend jparr1. It is a relatively short game with an interesting position. The whole game was set up by a novelty(?) gambit in the early opening. I am not certain whether or not this sacrifice was sound--I am leaning toward saying it wasn't--but I will let the game speak for itself. It worked out in his benefit, to be sure.

Here is my analysis:

Please feel free to leave feedback below! Perhaps you saw something I missed? And again, please don't hesitate to send me one of your games--I would love to hear from you!

As an intermediate-level player, I hope to provide a point of view on chess that is relatable and fun. Please check out my blog intro here!

Once a week, I post an analysis of one of my own games. I personally believe that self-analysis is critical to the development of the chess player. You can read my story (as relates to analysis) in my article, Why Analyze? 

In addition to my weekly game analyses, I also occasionally post my thoughts on some chess-related topic, such as resignation or stalemate. If you have a topic you would like me to see me write about, please message me with your idea. I would love to hear from you! happy.png

I also have a standing invitation to all members: send me your games! I analyze my own games all the time, and I would be more than happy to analyze some of yours. Now because of the time involved, I cannot commit to analyzing every single game I receive, but I will definitely look over every game I get, and I will do my best to do a full analysis and post it to my blog. 

Sincerely,

Isaac
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