Sokolov: Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess Schachtrainer Building on the ideas introduced

Building on the ideas introduced in his ground-breaking work Foundations of Chess Strategy

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Sokolov: Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess Schachtrainer Building on the ideas introducedSacrifice and Initiative in Chess is an entertaining and instructive guide, packed with useful advice, sparkling examples and practical exercises. The sacrifice is one of themost beautiful and complex elements of chess. Giving up material in order to get an advantage is often the most difficult decision a player has to take during a game. It can also be the most rewarding. Ivan Sokolov, a true grandmaster of attack, presents a set of practical tools