Sacrifices

In chess sacrifice goals seem simple. You sacrifice material (usually) now for either mate or a huge material surplus in a few moves. It always feels wonderful to see sacrifices pay off but they can often be hard to calculate and visualize correctly. However, chess sacrifices seem simple compared with sacrifices in your daily life! In day to day affairs, one can not even be entirely sure what the end goal of a sacrifice is. Do you give up time for family or friends? Do you give up a hobby for another hobby? Do you go back to school now at a highcost for a good return in better job offers later? And so... it can become even more complex as you are not reasonably sure your compensation will ever materialize... therefore, it seems prudent to appreciate sacrifices in chess even more because their result can never be questioned.

With that, I bring a position directly from Vukovic's Art of Attack (p158).



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