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====Sacrificing====
====Sacrificing====
When a player intentionally allows one of his own pieces to be taken in exchange for better position, this is called '''Sacrificing'''. Often, the piece is offered in an attempt to get the players opponenet to weaken his own defenses by capturing with a piece that had been in a good defensive position.
When a player intentionally allows one of his own pieces to be taken in exchange for better position, this is called '''Sacrificing'''. Often, the piece is offered in an attempt to get the players opponenet to weaken his own defenses by capturing with a piece that had been in a good defensive position.
===Relative Value of Pieces===
===Relative Value of Pieces===
*Queen--9
*Queen--9
*King--Priceless (although in an endgame, the King has an attacking power of about 3)
*King--Priceless (although in an endgame, the King has an attacking power of about 3)
==External links==
:[http://www.fide.com/ FIDE] - World Chess Federation
:[http://www.iccf.com/ ICCF] - International Correspondence Chess Federation
:[http://www.chess-players.org/eng/index.html ACP] - Association of Chess Professionals
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