How many pawns can you soundly sacrifice in one opening?

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I know there are some triple pawn sacrifices but does it go further? :-)

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I sacrificed three once in the evans gambit and got a draw 

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B1ZMARK wrote:

I sacrificed three once in the evans gambit and got a draw 

Noice 

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I think there's a line in the From's Gambit that sacs three pawns

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rychessmaster1 wrote:

I know there are some triple pawn sacrifices but does it go further? :-)

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DaBabysBurner wrote:

I think there's a line in the From's Gambit that sacs three pawns

Yeah there’s that, there’s Evan’s, and there’s Sicilian poisoned pawn, but can you sac more pawns? :-)

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it's gotta be something in the advance Caro or French with connect 4 because I don't see how it's possible to sac 4 pawns lol

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three pawn from

 

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yes

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in theory you could sac 8 pawns

 

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Something like this maybe idk why you’d sac a fourth tho

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SpeedyCyclone wrote:
rychessmaster1 wrote:

I know there are some triple pawn sacrifices but does it go further? :-)

 

This works tho i think.

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rychessmaster1 wrote:

Something like this maybe idk why you’d sac a fourth tho

I think my engine only said like -2.5 so better than the Muzio gambit objectively

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I have had a few people in OTB tournament play do this, but its never worked out for them.  But i now its played, so it must work at times.

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rychessmaster1 wrote:

Something like this maybe idk why you’d sac a fourth tho

I do like how you marked e4 as a blunder lmao

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Try the Poisoned Pawn Najdorf.  This line gives away four, with an offer of a fifth.

All completely sound -- the engine will confirm if you run it to sufficient depth.

 

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rychessmaster1 wrote:

Something like this maybe idk why you’d sac a fourth tho

Ry e4 is not the blunder. the blunder is not playing 2 Ke2

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Elmatador29 wrote:

idk, there are only 8 pawns on the board you know

Wow surprising

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Fun Fact: At the start of the game, all of your pawns are protected

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well obviously