Positional Piece Sacrifices for Long-Term Initiative

During this workshop, you’ll learn:

• Strategic goals behind piece sacrifices: long-term king pressure, passed pawns, structure transformation
• The classic knight sacrifice on f7 in the Two Knights Defense
• How to evaluate non-obvious compensation: coordination, tempo, disorganization
• What makes a sacrifice playable, and what makes it wishful thinking
• Key defensive techniques against positional sacrifices