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Originally posted by !~TONY~!
I think Ark's is easily the most impressive so far. That game was sick dude. 😀
He could get out of it by saccing the queen for the knight then taking the pawn for check. King moves over and can block the check. I haven't looked at it to deeply but those two connected passed pawns with a rook there look tempting.

Edit: You saw mine, right? 😉 😛

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Originally posted by Shinidoki
ehhh.......

1) Thats not a sacrifice
2) that Idea is SO COMMON it has its own name.
I don't dispute you necessarily . . . but then what is it?

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Originally posted by GalaxyShield
This is my best example of a queen sac. A couple rooks got thrown in too.

Game 1494726
I'd like to take co-credit for this example, as without my contribution it would not have happened... 😀

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Originally posted by GalaxyShield
He could get out of it by saccing the queen for the knight then taking the pawn for check. King moves over and can block the check. I haven't looked at it to deeply but those two connected passed pawns with a rook there look tempting.

Edit: You saw mine, right? 😉 😛
Hmm...Guess not 😛.

Cool game Ark.

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Originally posted by STRATOSPH3R3
I'd like to take co-credit for this example, as without my contribution it would not have happened... 😀
Lol, quite true 😛.

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Definition of "sacrifice" in chess, from Z00t's post on another thread...

Ordinarily, if a player loses a chess piece or exchanges it for a lower value piece, it is detrimental to their game, decreasing their chances of winning and/or increasing the chances of losing the game. However, in the event of a sacrifice, the intention is to improve one's position. To be a sacrifice, the piece is deliberately given up by the sacrificing player, not lost due to oversight or a forced capture. In spite of the intended effect, a sacrifice can still turn out to be a mistake.

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This is the closest thing I have to a Queen Sac...

Game 2041390

Of course its not really a "sacrifice" seeing as it leads to mate.

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Originally posted by jgvaccaro
What's the name?
Tony replied to that....

Its called Anastasia's Mate

http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/tactics10.html

^ the link refers you to a 3 move mate problem - and upon completion you will spot the similiarities between this mate, and the Queen sac posted in this thread.

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do you want a game?

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Here's a queen "sac" even though it still leads to mate.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008361