![]() ![]() But White can actually take the f5-pawn and allow Black to grab his pawn on g2. It’s not that easy for White to protect the pawn. ![]() With that being said, this undermining with the f5-pawn looks very strong. Black’s idea here is that their bishop can potentially take aim at White’s pawn on g2 to, hopefully, then grab the rook on h1. Here Black plays pawn to f5, which is actually something a lot of Black players still do up to this very date. Greco started the game with 1.e4 and his opponent played 1…b6, to play something like the so-called Owen’s Defense. #CHECKMATE WITH TWO KNIGHTS SERIES#The third game of this series of the greatest queen sacrifices of all time was played back in 1620 by Greco ―which was one of the strongest players of the time. Henry Thomas Buckle sacrifices the queen to deliver checkmate with the knight and the bishop Game-3: Greco’s Queen Sacrifice in 1620 Black played symmetrically with 6…Bg4, and continued responding symmetrically.Īnd, all of a sudden, instead of just trading some pieces, White played a very sudden move, Nxe5, sacrificing their queen and, after the queen was captured with Bxd1, White sacrificed one more piece to get to the black king. White played 6.Bg5, which is also a normal move. In fact, White could have played 6.Ng5, which he didn’t in the actual game, but White could have played Ng5 to attack the f7-pawn. Black played 5…Ne7, which is already inaccurate. So far, everything is more or less standard both players are just developing their pieces. Black is trying to play the Sicilian Defense with a closed position Black closed the center and got supposedly a really well protected position. The second game was played between Henry Thomas Buckle, playing White against an unknown opponent. Reti sacrificed the queen and the knight thinking about winning the game! Game-2: Mate with Bishop and Knight ![]() The check is delivered with the rook as well as the bishop. White had prepared a really strong discovered check. Qd8+ is one of the greatest queen sacrifices of all time. However, White sacrificed one more piece: this time the queen! In the game, Black took this knight with their own knight, probably thinking that they are actually winning the game and White should resign. Tartakower takes the knight, thinking about winning a piece… Just to mention that Qxe4 does not work for Black because of Re1, installing a pin along the e file, and then winning the queen on the next move. But, all of a sudden, White just castled queenside!īlack probably decided that White did that out of desperation, and they grab the knight with their own knight. In addition to that, the queen is also taking aim at that weak pawn on b2. The queen double attacks the king and the pawn.īlack probably thought that they achieved a really great position as currently, due to the pin the White knight cannot escape and Black is attacking it two times with their queen and the knight and it looks like White is kind of in trouble. That is not really a pawn sacrifice as they are gonna get it back on the next move with the help of a little tactical trick. Normally, you don’t develop your queen too early, and Black decided to strike back in the center, by playing 5…e5. Reti plays Qd3 and Tartakower reacts in the center with e5 Instead of trading the knights, White played 5.Qd3 to protect his knight, and Black probably decided that Qd3 was a weird move. Very often, Black can achieve an easy draw here.īut in this game, White played another interesting move. Nf6 is one of the options for Black here, and it’s a move which often leads to an exchange and a fairly simplistic game afterwards. The queen sacrifice number one happened in a game between Reti against Tartakower, two of the really strong players of the past. 5 Greatest Queen Sacrifices of All Time Game-1: Reti vs Tartakower You will also learn about the Légal Trap or Blackburne Trap (also known as Légal Pseudo-Sacrifice and Légal Mate), which is a chess opening trap, characterized by a queen sacrifice, followed by checkmate with minor pieces. The list also has a queen sacrifice by the old Italian chess player, Gioachino Greco, in the year 1620. We will explore the 5 greatest queen sacrifices of all time, starting from the famous queen sacrifice by Richard Reti against Savielly Tartakower in the year 1910, where Reti won the game in just 11 moves! ![]()
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