The Greatest Chess Sacrifices of All Time ║ Part 1

The Greatest Chess Sacrifices of All Time ║ Part 1


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[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "?"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=an..."]
[WhiteUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uplo..."]
[WhiteCountry "85"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qg4 Qb6 $4 14.
Rd6 $3 Bxd6 $6 15. Qxe6+ Kf8 16. Bc4 $3 bxc4 17. Rf1+ Nf6 18. Rxf6+ $3 gxf6 19. Bh6#
1-0
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[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1851.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Lionel Kieseritzky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "?"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo ""]
[Source "The Chess Player, vol.i no.1, 1851.07.19, p.2"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[WhiteUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uplo..."]
[WhiteCountry "112"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry "116"]
[BlackTitle ""]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=an..."]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 $2 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. d3 $6 Nh5 $2
8. Nh4 $9 Qg5 9. Nf5 c6 $2 10. g4 $4 Nf6 $9 11. Rg1 cxb5 $2 12. h4 $1 Qg6 13. h5 $1 Qg5 14.
Qf3 $1 Ng8 $6 15. Bxf4 Qf6 16. Nc3 $1 Bc5 $6 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Bd6 $4 Bxg1 $9 {It is from
this move that Black's defeat stems. Wilhelm Steinitz suggested in 1879 that a
better move would be 18... Qxa1+; likely moves to follow are 19. Ke2 Qb2 20. Kd2
Bxg1.} 19. e5 $9 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 $1 Na6 $4 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qf6+ $3 Nxf6 23. Be7# 1-0
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[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "Vienna AUH"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bernhard Fleissig"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "?"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=an..."]
[WhiteUrl ""]
[WhiteCountry "18"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uplo..."]
[BlackCountry "18"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]

1. b4 {The small town of Marostica in Italy is home to an annual living chess
display, where townsfolk play the part of the various pieces and enact a famous
game from history. This game has the honor of being chosen for the first such
exhibitions, in 1954.} 1... e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 c5 4. b5 d5 5. d4 $2 Qa5+ 6. Nc3
Ne4 7. Qd3 $2 cxd4 $6 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qxg7 Bxf2+ 10. Kd1 d4 $2 11. Qxh8+ Ke7 $1 12.
Qxc8 $2 dxc3 13. Bc1 Nd7 $4 14. Qxa8 $9 Qxb5 $1 15. Bf4 $6 Qd5+ 16. Kc1 Be3+ $3 17. Bxe3
Nf2 $3 18. Bxf2 Qd2+ $1 {Analysis: 19. Kb1 Qd1+ 20. Ka2 Qxc2#} 0-1
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[Event "Odds game"]
[Site "Nuremberg GER"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Romberg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/1NBQKBNR w Kkq - 0 1"]
[EventDate "?"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo ""]
[PlyCount "41"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=an..."]
[BlackUrl ""]
[BlackCountry ""]
[BlackTitle ""]
[WhiteUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uplo..."]
[WhiteCountry "112"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5 O-O 7. f4 Qe8 8. O-O
d3+ 9. Kh1 dxc2 10. Nc3 d6 $6 11. f5 Ne5 12. Nd5 Kh8 $9 13. f6 Bg4 $4 14. fxg7+ $1
Kxg7 15. Qxh6+ $3 Kxh6 16. Ne6+ $1 Kh5 17. Ndf4+ Kh6 18. Ne2+ Kg6 19. Rf6+ $3 Kxf6
20. Bg5+ $1 Kg6 21. N2f4# 1-0
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