Amazing Piece Sacrifice to Get a Powerful Central Pawn Storm

July 17, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Often chess players ask “When can I sacrifice a piece? Why some sacrifices don’t lead to checkmates? What kind of advantage is an appropriate compensation for a piece sacrifice?”. If you have similar questions, this video is for you!

In the following video lesson prepared by RCA guest coach IM Asaf Givon, he explains about those pieces sacrifices that are made in order to achieve a specific strategic goal. Even more specifically, he explains about piece sacrifices that strive to achieve pawn majority in the center – or in other words, a big and very powerful central pawn storm.

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