Chess.com: Pawn Sacrifices; Playing to Win

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Channel: Chess.com · 2009 · Education

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GM Friedel talks about how Grandmasters approach decisions about sacrificing pawns. He analyzes a game of his against Gata Kamsky from the recently concluded World Open, featuring a controversial defensive pawn sacrifice, followed by a tense middlegame.

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