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wiithepiiple

What's your favorite attacking theme?

Many openings have thematic pawn breaks or sacrifices that both sides need to consider heavily when going down the sharpest lines. Examples include black's exchange sacrifice on c3 in many queenside Sicilians and white's pawn storm in the Yugoslav attack. One of my favorites is in the Caro-Kann, where white sacs a piece on e6 to open up the center. What's yours?

Posted Jan 30, 2019, 10:43 PM UTC

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jupavalos•

H pawn can opener

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k_2611~1950 USCF•

Nd5 sacrifice against the Sicilian

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wiithepiipleOP•

I always get murdered by that one.

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dubov•

Does that work in any lines other than the Morra?

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k_2611~1950 USCF•

It’s a common theme in Scheveningen-style Najdorf positions, where black has pawns on a6, d6, and e6

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Flubbing•

Greek Gift. If it looks like it remotely works, I go for it blindly. Can't help it.

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intarresting•

The Polugaevsky Sicilian. It is bliss.

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Karfusud8 Scandi•

Fried Liver Attack is pretty fun to play.

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aintezbeinpzUSCF 850•

Nxe5

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