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Art of Sacrifice by Rudolf Spielmann

4/13/2013

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I have now completed a video series covering all 37 games in this book, totaling almost 9 hours.  I made the first 14 videos in December 2008, while still officially a Class "B" player.  The quality is up and down, but I would single out 19, 24, and 12 as a few of the better ones.  A few that are not so good are 4, 18, and 27.

As a training idea, I can recommend going over the raw game score without annotations and without an engine.  Try to figure out the game for yourself-- especially try to see where the loser could have (1) avoided problems in the first place and (2) defused Spielmann's initiative.  After you have reached your own conclusions, you can consult the video (or the book or an engine) to compare your conclusions.  For this purpose I am giving the PGN file below.  Here is also a link to purchase the book.

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SHAM SACRIFICES
Positional Sacrifice: leads to forced recovery of the sacrificed material with an improvement in position.
    Game  1           8:44         Spielmann - Pirc, 1931
    Game  2         10:10         Spielmann - Schlecter, 1906
    Game  3         13:11         Pirc - Spielmann, 1931
Sacrifice for Gain: leads to an advantage in material, the sacrificed material being regained by force and with interest.
    Game  4         12:31         Bogolyubov - Spielmann, 1927
    Game  5         10:58         Spielmann - Muller, 1933
Mating Sacrifice: leads to checkmate or to a decisive gain of material.
    Game  6         21:16         Spielmann - Honlinger, 1929
    Game  7         12:19         Spielmann - Tartakower, 1925
    Game  8         11:22         Spielmann - Grunfeld, 1929
    Game  9         12:17         Spielmann - L'hermet, 1927

REAL SACRIFICES
Sacrifice for Development: aims at an unnatural acceleration of one's development.
    Game 10         16:26         Schories - Spielmann, 1905
    Game 11         11:46         Bernstein - Spielmann, 1906
Obstructive Sacrifice: slows down the opponent's development.
    Game 12           9:23         Spielmann - Landau, 1933
    Game 13         16:16         Spielmann - Honlinger, 1933
    Game 14         16:08         Spielmann - Bogolyubov, 1932
    Game 15         13:05         Spielmann - Walter, 1928
Preventive (Anti-Castling) Sacrifice: intended to prevent the opponent from castling.
    Game 16         16:28         Spielmann - Duras, 1905
    Game 17         13:42         Spielmann - Mieses, 1910
    Game 18         18:05         Mieses - Spielmann, 1910
    Game 19         25:10         Gereben - Spielmann, 1934
Line-Clearance Sacrifice: aims at the early employment of rooks on open lines.
    Game 20         10:06         Spielmann - Flamberg, 1914
    Game 21         16:55         Spielmann - Eljaschoff, 1903
    Game 22         12:56         Spielmann - Grunfeld, 1922
Vacating Sacrifice: procures access for a particular unit to a more favorable square.
    Game 23         19:30         Spielmann - Janowski, 1907
    Game 24         17:19         Spielmann - Reti, 1912
Deflecting or Decoy Sacrifice: lures or diverts enemy forces from the main field of battle.
    Game 25         15:18         Spielmann - Forgacs, 1910
(Castled) King's Field Sacrifice: breaks up the hostile King's castled position.
    Game 26         18:16         Spielmann - Dekker, 1934
    Game 27         10:38         Leonhardt - Spielmann, 1906
    Game 28         11:45         Spielmann - Duras, 1907
    Game 29         13:16         Spielmann - Bogolyubov, 1932
    Game 30         16:52         Becker - Spielmann, 1926
King-Hunt Sacrifice: drives the enemy King into the open, where it is exposed to danger.
    Game 31         24:27         A. Rubinstein - Spielmann, 1912
    Game 32         15:56         Spielmann - S. Rubinstein, 1933

SACRIFICIAL VALUES
The Exchange Sacrifice
    Game 33         15:24         Treybal - Spielmann, 1922
    Game 34         12:24         Spielmann - Tarrasch, 1923
    Game 35         10:25         Spielmann - Tartakower, 1909
The Queen Sacrifice
    Game 36         15:08         Spielmann - Maroczy, 1907
    Game 37         10:32         Spielmann - Moeller, 1920

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