The term sacrifice in chess is used to define a move in which the player loses a piece for gaining an advantage. The advantage could be either positional or for a checkmate.
Types of sacrifice in chess
Different types of sacrifices are
- Deflection sacrifice
- Destruction sacrifice
- Magnet sacrifice
- Clearance sacrifice
- Suicide sacrifice
Magnet sacrifice
A piece is lost with a purpose when the move attracts one of the opponent’s piece to a tactically poor square than its current position. This is called magnet sacrifice.
Example of magnet sacrifice
In the example of magnet sacrifice shown below, the white queen attacks the black rook at f8 and gives a check to the black king. Since the king cannot move to g7, the only option for the king is to capture the queen. Here queen is lost for an exchange for a rook. However, in the next move, the white rook from d1 can move to d8 and checkmates. Since the objective of the chess game is the checkmate, the sacrifice of the queen is justified. This is an example of magnet sacrifice since the sacrifice of the queen pulls the king to a tactically poor square.
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