Webinar 57. Intuitive Sacrifice (Recording + PGNs)

Dear Chess Friends!

Have you ever sacrificed material being unable to calculate all the lines and be sure that you can gain material back or checkmate? As for me, it happened several times. Some of these sacrifices were just positional sacrifices, but others were intuitive. What does "intuitive sacrifice" mean? It's just a sacrifice that can't be calculated.

And it's very often when such a sacrifice is unsound and a chess player takes a decision to sacrifice because of his subjective assessment of the position. And, of course, you must admit that periodically, especially, in unfamiliar positions we can't evaluate them properly. That's why such an intuitive sacrifice can result even in a loss.

Would you like to learn when and how to trust your intuition before taking a decision to sacrifice or not? This is what I'm going to teach you in my next webinar.

Please, find the recording of my 57th webinar "Intuitive Sacrifice" where I explained how to realize that the position is ready for the intuitive sacrifice and, of course, illustrate everything by examples of GMs' games. Mikhail Tal was the greatest intuitive player who sacrificed material in many games (sometimes even these sacrifices were unsound) and that’s why I decided to add his game to our agenda!

Game 1. Konstantin Sakaev - Sergei Rublevsky

Game 2. Garry Kasparov - Josef Pribyl

Game 3. Evgeny Vladimirov - Mikhail Tal

So, what is the criteria for sacrificing by intuition?

1.     You should be in a better position.

2.     The position must be difficult and sharp.

3.     It would be impossible to calculate the options until the end of the combination. Either due to lack of time, or due to the complexity of the options and the availability of alternatives for the opponent.

4.     You must have a good tactical vision.

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FM Victor Neustroev