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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 opponent 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 opponent to weaken his own defenses by capturing with a piece that had been in a good defensive position. [[Paul Morphy]], an [[American]] who was the strongest chess player in the world in the 1850s, was well known for his games featuring many sacrifices.

==Chess Variants==

==Chess Variants==