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The Art of Sacrificing

Krishnan Sasikiran

Middlegame

The Art of Sacrificing

Krishnan Sasikiran

Throughout the video course, Sasikran shows various examples from his career to explain sacrifices for initiative, an attack, a better pawn structure and much more.

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Contents

1.1 Introduction Part 1

1.2 Introduction Part 2

2 Pawn Sacrifices

2.1 Sacrificing a Pawn for Long Term Initiative

2.2 Sacrificing a Pawn for Initiative Part 1

2.3 Sacrificing a Pawn for Initiative Part 2

2.4 Sacrifice a Pawn to Restrict your Opponent Part 1

2.5 Sacrifice a Pawn to Restrict your Opponent Part 2

2.6 Sacrifing a Pawn for Long Term Active Play Part 1

2.7 Sacrifing a Pawn for Long Term Active Play Part 2

2.8 Key Takeaways

3 Exchange Sacrifices

3.1 Exchange Sacrifice Part 1

3.2 Exchange Sacrifice Part 2

3.3 Key Takeaways

4 Sacrificing for the Attack

4.1 Sacrificing for the Attack Part 1

4.2 Sacrificing for the Attack Part 2

4.3 Key Takeaways

5 Queen Sacrifice

5.1 Queen Sacrifice Part 1

5.2 Queen Sacrifice Part 2

5.3 Key Takeaways

6 Playing Against the Sacrifice

6.1 Accepting the Sacrifice and Creating a Counter Attack

6.2 Playing Against the Exchange Sacrifice

6.3 Enduring the Sacrifice Induced Attack Part 1

6.4 Enduring the Sacrifice Induced Attack Part 2

6.5 Key Takeaways

7 Practice Positions