Advanced Tactics
Win more games with beautiful chess combinations
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Sometimes your position is more important than material. Give now to get more later. One of the most common good sacrifices is the exchange sacrifice. It can be a common attacking idea to expose the opponent's king. It's also a good defensive idea sometimes,...
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A clearance sacrifice is when you sacrifice a piece simply to get it out of the way of your other pieces. Often these sacrifices will gain time and give you an irresistible attack.
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Chess pieces are not good at defending more than one thing at a time. If a piece is defending too many things it is overloaded. You can often capture one thing to distract the piece and then capture something else or checkmate once there's no longer a...
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Disrupt your opponent's coordinated pieces by sacrificing one of your own. Interference sacrifices occur when you sacrifice a piece to block a defender from guarding a key square, mate or piece.
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Before you hurry and promote to a Queen, check if there isn't a better piece to be had. Occasionally a rook or bishop promotion will help avoid a stalemate. More often players promote to a knight in order to create a fork.