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Sicilian Sac Bxb5

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I was feeling a bit bogged down and unwound by playing some blitz. The guy played the Bxb5 sac, then sacced on e6 as well as white in the Sicilian. Any of you know these lines?

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1.e4c5
2.Nf3e6
3.d4cxd4
4.Nxd4Nf6
5.Nc3d6
6.Bg5a6
7.f4Be7
8.Qf3Qc7
9.O-O-ONbd7
10.Kb1b5
11.Bxb5axb5
12.Ncxb5Qb8
13.e5Bb7
14.Qh3dxe5
15.Nxe6fxe6
16.Qxe6Nf8
17.Nd6Qxd6
18.Rxd6Nxe6
19.Rxe6Kf7
20.Rxe5Bd6
21.Bxf6Bxe5

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      None of ye lazy dudes/duddettes have got "essential chess sacrifices" or sumthink similar? Probably not "Essential Chess Sacrifices" but "Sicilian Sacrifices".

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      Originally posted by enrico20
      None of ye lazy dudes/duddettes have got "essential chess sacrifices" or sumthink similar? Probably not "Essential Chess Sacrifices" but "Sicilian Sacrifices".
      Pages 16-31 in Essential Chess Sacrifices covers the bishop sac to clear the queenside in the Sicilian. I don't recall a follow up sac on e6.

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      Originally posted by enrico20
      None of ye lazy dudes/duddettes have got "essential chess sacrifices" or sumthink similar? Probably not "Essential Chess Sacrifices" but "Sicilian Sacrifices".
      the piece sacrifice on b5 is well known, Kasparov covers it in how to play the Najdorf series and attributes its invention to Bronstein. White gets three passed pawns for the piece.

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      Thanks dudes. Might actually get a book on sacs/Sicilian Sacs.

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      Originally posted by enrico20
      I was feeling a bit bogged down and unwound by playing some blitz. The guy played the Bxb5 sac, then sacced on e6 as well as white in the Sicilian. Any of you know these lines?

      [pgn]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Ncxb5 Qb8 13. e5 Bb7 14. Qh3 dxe5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6 Nf8 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxe6 19. Rxe6 Kf7 20. Rxe5 Bd6 21. Bxf6 Bxe5 0-1[/pgn]
      I know both sacs are thematic, and open Sicilian players usually train themselves to look for them, but I don't know all the essential conditions necessary to make each one work.

      I remember vaguely that sacs on e6 usually come from Fischer/Sozin Attack lines where white has played Bc4 or from lines where white had played an earily f4-f5, and the sacs on b5 are usually strongest when white has played (the somewhat obvious) Nf3-xd4 and Nc3, but has not yet moved the Bf1.

      In blitz I suspect they may often be strong enough to work without all the essential conditions, if your opponent doesn't have memorized refutations ready to go!

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      Levy had a book on Sicilian Sac's right?

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      Yes I sold my copy of Levy's book on EBAY last year.

      Two OTB games from the days when I used to play the Open Sicilian
      One where I sac on b5, one where I sac on e6.
      Never did both in one game.

      You can never calculate all the variations you just do it because it looks good.

      G.Chandler - J. Bhopal. Edinburgh Congress 1980

      At the time my Qh3 was a TN. I kind of telegraphs what I'm going to do.

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      1.e4c5
      2.Nf3d6
      3.d4cxd4
      4.Nxd4Nf6
      5.Nc3a6
      6.Bg5e6
      7.f4Be7
      8.Qf3Qc7
      9.O-O-ONbd7
      10.Bd3b5
      11.Rhe1Bb7
      12.Qh3Rc8
      13.e5dxe5
      14.fxe5Nxe5
      15.Nxe6fxe6
      16.Qxe6Nxd3
      17.Rxd3Bd5
      18.Rxd5Nxd5
      19.Qxd5

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          G. Chandler - D. Wallace Edinburgh League 1983

          My 11.h4 reeks of theory, perhaps not, it's the kind of move
          I often try in OTB play. It's looks interesting.
          My opponent believed it.

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          1.e4c5
          2.Nf3d6
          3.d4cxd4
          4.Nxd4Nf6
          5.Nc3a6
          6.Bg5e6
          7.f4Be7
          8.Qf3Qc7
          9.O-O-ONbd7
          10.Bd3h6
          11.h4b5
          12.Bxf6Bxf6
          13.Bxb5axb5
          14.Ndxb5Qa5
          15.Nxd6Kf8
          16.e5Bxe5
          17.fxe5Nxe5
          18.Qe4f5
          19.Rhf1Ke7
          20.Qf4Bd7
          21.Rfe1Ng6
          22.Nxf5Kf6
          23.Ne4

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              Good games greenpawn. Certainly when black delays development then a sac catching black's King in the centre is very much on the cards.

              The original Bronstein sac is this game against Miguel Najdorf.

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              1.e4c5
              2.Nf3d6
              3.d4cxd4
              4.Nxd4Nf6
              5.Nc3a6
              6.Bg5e6
              7.Qf3Nbd7
              8.O-O-OQc7
              9.Qg3b5
              10.Bxb5axb5
              11.Ndxb5Qb8
              12.Nxd6Bxd6
              13.Qxd6Qxd6
              14.Rxd6h6
              15.Bd2Bb7
              16.f3O-O
              17.b3Rfc8
              18.Kb2Nc5
              19.Be3e5
              20.Rhd1Ne6
              21.Rb6Bc6
              22.Nd5Bxd5
              23.exd5Nc5
              24.Rb5Nfd7
              25.c4e4
              26.Bxc5Nxc5
              27.fxe4Nxe4
              28.d6Rxa2
              29.Kxa2Nc3
              30.Ka3Nxd1
              31.c5Nc3
              32.Ra5Nd5
              33.c6Nf6
              34.Ra6Kf8
              35.b4Ke8
              36.b5Nd7
              37.Ra7Rb8
              38.Rxd7Rxb5
              39.Ra7Rb8
              40.d7Ke7
              41.d8=QKxd8
              42.c7

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                  Hi Enrico

                  Bronstein on his game was the ultimate chessboard artist.
                  And a true lover of the game.

                  If you look at his playing career you will see 1992 Scotland.
                  He entered a weekend tournament, my mate Kenny Neil got a draw with him.

                  There he was sitting amongst all the minnows with a plastic set and roll up board.
                  He even played in a few London league matches.

                  Cannot imagine for one minute any of the current top lot doing this.

                  However Bronstein was not the first to sac here
                  The exact same postion had been seen before.

                  Rauzer - Makogonov, URS Championship, Leningrad, 1934

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                  White to play. White sacced on b5. 10.Bxb5
                  It came from a slightly different move order so some writers have missed this.

                  There was also a game lillienthal - Kotov, USSR 1942. same postion, same sac, White lost.

                  My sourse indicates that Bronstein spent over 50 minutes on 9.Qg3

                  Was he trying to recall the other two games?
                  Did he think Najdorf had an improvement up his sleeve?
                  Did he not know of the other two games and cooked this up OTB?

                  Rauzer - Makogonov

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                  1.e4c5
                  2.Nf3e6
                  3.d4cxd4
                  4.Nxd4Nf6
                  5.Nc3d6
                  6.Bg5a6
                  7.Qf3Qc7
                  8.O-O-ONbd7
                  9.Qg3b5
                  10.Bxb5axb5
                  11.Ndxb5Qa5
                  12.Nxd6Bxd6
                  13.Rxd6Nh5
                  14.Qh4h6
                  15.Be3Nhf6
                  16.f3Rb8
                  17.Rd4Qb6
                  18.Na4Qb5
                  19.b3e5
                  20.Rc4Qa5
                  21.Qe1Qa8
                  22.Qg3Ba6
                  23.Rc7Bb5
                  24.Nc3Qa5
                  25.Nxb5Qxb5
                  26.Rd1Qa5
                  27.Ra7Qc3
                  28.Rd3Qa1
                  29.Kd2Rc8
                  30.c4g5
                  31.Kc2Qf1
                  32.Qf2Qxf2
                  33.Bxf2Nb8
                  34.Kc3O-O
                  35.Rd6Kg7
                  36.b4Ne8
                  37.Rb6Nc6
                  38.Rd7Nb8
                  39.Rdb7Nc6
                  40.Bc5Rg8
                  41.a4Nd8
                  42.Rb8Rxb8
                  43.Rxb8Ne6
                  44.Be7f6
                  45.c5Kf7
                  46.Rb7Kg6
                  47.Bd6N8g7
                  48.Kc4Ra8
                  49.a5Nd4
                  50.Rb8Ra7
                  51.Rb6Nge6
                  52.a6g4
                  53.fxg4Kg5
                  54.b5Kf4
                  55.Rb7Ra8
                  56.Rf7Kxe4
                  57.Rxf6

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                      enrico20 and GP, you guys have made this into an awesome thread. Bravo! Your game samples are the kind that improve any player who reads through them.

                      Classics played by the giants upon whose shoulders we stand!

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