The exchange sacrifice are of two kinds : one aiming for the positional gain and the other for immediately winning material/mate. This book deals with the ‘positional exchange sacrifice’ which can be given for many purposes:
for the sake of accelerating the attack against the king; for getting powerful passed pawn/s that cripples the opponent’s position; to drag the opponent into an unfamiliar position; to neutralise the opponent’s attack etc., The knowledge of the tactics ‘positional exchange sacrifice’ is a must for all upcoming players to achieve greater heights in tournament.
A total of 100 very instructive games have been selected and are categorised under separate headings for easy understanding. Games collected are not only from the present super Grand Masters like Kasparov,Anand but also from the old Masters of the game like Botvinnik,Chigorin etc.,
One can easily familiarise the theme behind the’ positional exchange sacrifice’ and use it confidently in matches, by studying the book carefully..
Contents
CHAPTER 1
Exchange sacrifice for passes pawn(s)
Game Nos. 1-19 Supplementry Games. S1 –S27
CHAPTER 2
Exchange sacrifice for king-side attack
Game Nos. 20-31 Supplementary Games. S1 –S8
CHAPTER 3
Exchange sacrifice for defensive purpose
or
for counter chances
Game Nos. 32-37 Supplementary Games. S1 –S7
CHAPTER 4
Positional sacrifice of the exchange for getting un familiar position
Game Nos.38-42 Supplementary Games. S1 –S10
CHAPTER 5
Standard Exchange sacrifices in the openings
Game Nos. 43-46 Supplementary Games. S1 –S4
CHAPTER 6
Wrong exchange sacrifice
Game No. 47 Supplementary Games. S1 –S3
