How to Prepare Fantastic Sacrifices in Chess. Attacking Principles. Gereben vs Geller
We all admire the great attacking players of the past, when we see their brilliant combinations and sacrifices. But the question is what was the secret of their attacks, and can we also learn to sacrifice pieces correctly? In order to do it, it is necessary to get an insight into the nature of a sacrifice and attacking principles. We must understand how to prepare the ground for a sacrifice. The following game, which earned Efim Geller a brilliancy prize might help us in this matter. In this game Geller sacrifices a bishop and two exchanges, and you will get a chance to follow the attacking principles, that made these sacrifices possible.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd3 Be7 10. Bg2 Be6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 b5 13. O-O-O b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. f4 Nd7 16. f5 Nc5 17. Qf3 a4 18. h4 axb3 19. axb3 Ra2 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qe3 Qa5 22. c4 Rxb2 23. Kxb2 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Ra8 25. Nc1 Qa1+ 26. Kc2 Ra2+ 27. Nxa2 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1 Nxb3+ 29. Qxb3 Qxb3 30. Rd2 Qc3+ 31. Rc2 Qe3+ 32. Kb2 Qa3+ 33. Kb1 b3 34. Rb2 Qb4 35. g5 Bd8 36. Rc1 Bb6 37. Bh3 Kf7 38. h5 Bd4 39. g6+ hxg6 40. hxg6+ Ke7 0-1
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Thanks for digging up these old games from the 50's. Seems like they are among the most instructive games of all time.
@chesswisdom
3 ай бұрын
My pleasure.
In the past 6 months I've watched about 100 of your 128 videos. Your ability to illustrate fundamentals by analysis of the details has improved my understanding of The Game, strategically and tactically. Thank you for your appropriately named channel! Just one thing, could you possibly delay your pop-up recommendations until the final position has been shown for at least a second? This way weaker players like me can pause the video and study the final position
@chesswisdom
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your kind words and a valuable suggestion, I will take it into account.
in the second game (19:39) after move 7 (20:33) you are in a Carlsbad structure with colors reversed. You get this for White in the Queen's Gambit exchange variation. A quite sound plan is the minority attack which is even better here since your opponent traded off his best attacking piece. I am sure you can find videos on this. Keepupthe good work .
beautiful game !
Fantastic game, wonderfully explained. Thanks!
@chesswisdom
3 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
very good analyse
As always you pick instructive games with an excellent presentation of the game! Thank you 🙏
@chesswisdom
3 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
Thank you sir for Your Excellent positional Master Class
@chesswisdom
Ай бұрын
My pleasure, sir.
Waaaaauu! I learned a lot of this game. Thank you for good explaination.
@chesswisdom
3 ай бұрын
My pleasure.
Hello to geller!
Nowadays, players exchange pieces for the advantage of a single pawn to gain Elo points.
@user-gl7tq3uc8g
3 ай бұрын
Chess isn't as creative anymore either you play an entirely unconventional style like alpha go and it's pawns or you follow the theory, remember patterns, play out a really accurate game which will be boring. If you played with engines like stockfish, they mostly always have top lines going for piece exchanges and then to end games fast with positional advantage, that's how it is.
@sarmah8738
3 ай бұрын
@@user-gl7tq3uc8g yes. Seldom anyone dares to sacrifice a piece. No strategics.
What a terrible attack!!! Every move had to be precise to the very end! Thank you for the beautiful game 🤝
@chesswisdom
3 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
Please share some of your games if you play. I'd wager you're a good player from the understanding you display in these videos
@chesswisdom
3 ай бұрын
Thank you. I only play online blitz games from time to time.