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KHESANHMARINE
KHESANHMARINE
Jan 20, 2011
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#1

I have been playing chess off and on for the last fifty years and I truly love the game. I am new to chess.com and have been playing chess mentor daily since I enrolled here. I am wondering how often a queen sacrifice is played and how often does it backfire? Thanks

CerebralAssassin
CerebralAssassin
Closed: Inactive
Jan 20, 2011
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#2

you have to have some sort of advantage first (spatial etc) before you even begin considering a queen sac.otherwise it's just meaningless.

ChessTitansLvl10
ChessTitansLvl10
Jan 21, 2011
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#3

Here is a game with a queen sacrifice...

SimonSeirup
SimonSeirup
Closed: Inactive
Jan 21, 2011
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#4
ChessTitansLvl10 wrote:

Here is a game with a queen sacrifice...

That is not a sacrafice, its just a combination. It's a combination when the moves to adventage is calculated, and a sacrafice is when its not calculated.

Dragec
Dragec
Jan 21, 2011
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#5
no, it's a pseudo sacrifice: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice_(chess)
Emmott
Emmott
Jan 21, 2011
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#6
SimonSeirup wrote:
ChessTitansLvl10 wrote:

Here is a game with a queen sacrifice...

That is not a sacrafice, its just a combination. It's a combination when the moves to adventage is calculated, and a sacrafice is when its not calculated.

 oh, the pedantry! I would like to see your genius queen sacrifice.

 

bravo, Chess Titans!

Emmott
Emmott
Jan 21, 2011
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KHESANHMARINE
KHESANHMARINE
Jan 21, 2011
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#8
Now I am more confused than ever. If the move to advantage is not calculated, why on earth would anyone do it?
SimonSeirup
SimonSeirup
Closed: Inactive
Jan 21, 2011
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#9
KHESANHMARINE wrote:
Now I am more confused than ever. If the move to advantage is not calculated, why on earth would anyone do it?

Okay, bad explaination.

Combination is when you after a forced sequence of moves, will have a won game.

Sacrafice is when you give away a something, for another advantage. Like if you take a pawn in a gambit, you have not calculated a forced win, but people do it because of other advantages.

jerry2468
jerry2468
Jan 21, 2011
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#10
KHESANHMARINE wrote:
Now I am more confused than ever. If the move to advantage is not calculated, why on earth would anyone do it?

The thing is, combinations have a forced outcome. Sacrifices have compensation but it is unsure if it is enough to offset the sacrificial piece.

rigamagician
rigamagician
Closed: Fair Play
Jan 21, 2011
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#11

Sham sacrifices are still sacrifices.  Queen sacrifices are rare.  Here is a famous one:

rigamagician
rigamagician
Closed: Fair Play
Jan 22, 2011
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#12

OK, here is a somewhat longer term queen sacrifice.

rigamagician
rigamagician
Closed: Fair Play
Jan 22, 2011
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#13

Ronald_Aprianto
Ronald_Aprianto
Jun 4, 2014
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#14

I have found a beginner who very confident with his bullet skills. He is a player who comes from the Philippines. The guy is strong beginner with high skill proved it with his ridiculous move by losing his queen like a noob but he can make a checkmate without the queen. Awesome!!!

As a result, all the opponents are always willing to accept a rematch. A rare thing in the world of bullet, especially among the beginners. Laughing

Is he a Joey (GM gmjoey1) who use pseudonyms account?

Im sure that only GM can do that successfuly.  Ok, check out his profile at http://www.chess.com/members/view/endooo

By the way, here some of his games with queen sacrifice:

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=820493964

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=821744493

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=821751488

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=824139591

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=824416592

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=824442737

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=824999483

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=825022720

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=825887168

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=825927409