Mastering Positional Sacrifices Van Delft Merijn
Mastering Positional Sacrifices Van Delft Merijn Most chess games of beginners and post-beginners are decided by fairly straightforward tactics. International Master Merijn van Delft has studied and…
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Mastering Positional Sacrifices Van Delft Merijn
Most chess games of beginners and post-beginners are decided by fairly straightforward tactics. International Master Merijn van Delft has studied and loved positional sacrifices for as long as he can remember. Anyone who wants to progress beyond this level and become a strong club player or a candidate master, needs to understand that somewhat mysterious-looking resource, the positional sacrifice.
Positional sacrifices are also instruments of superior beauty. This non-forcing tool is not just a surprising and highly effective way of creating a decisive advantage during a game. Van Delft has created a unique thematic structure for all types of positional sacrifices.
He shows the early historical examples, explains which long-term goals are typical for each fundamental theme and presents lots of instructive modern examples. He then concentrates on those sacrifices that have become