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The overall aim in each opening is to reach an interesting position (ideally with some advantage

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and scholastic players looking to take the next step in their chess development

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Sokolov: Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess Spielmaterial Perhaps most famouslySacrifice and Initiative in Chess is an entertaining and instructive guide, packed with useful advice, sparkling examples and practical exercises. The sacrifice is one of the most beautiful and complex elements of chess. Giving up material in order to gain 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