Chess Lesson # 126: Positional Pawn Sacrifices

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello guys! Here is the answer to the homework exercise. The rest of the games are in the description fro you to review 👍😎💪

[@vidushaka4877]

Sir I wish I could convey how helpful your videos are.... I really appreciate your efforts and hardwork. Please upload more videos so that amateurs like us can learn from them. Wish you a nice day ahead!

[@happyboypat]

Such a great lesson..thanks, coach!

[@fredbanon3314]

I enjoyed this strategic lesson, thank you Robert 👍🇨🇵

[@pavelborisenko4495]

The very first patterns that came to mind (answering the question on 02:50, Tal's game): 1) d6 is a great future outpost for the knight 2) Pawn on c6 is pinned 3) Bishop pair and queen have a good potential for the attack on black's king 4) Developing a queen will connect the rooks. UPD: woohoo, the knight was the first thing I noticed :)

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Excellent Pavel! Thanks a lot for sharing your answers! 🙌👍

[@manuelfuentes4509]

3:05 yes coach Ne4 with outpost on d6 came to mind. But sacrificing the pawn on e5 never came to mind...

[@rpralica]

Final excercize 1.e6 if 1. ... Be6 2. R:e6 with 3. Ne5

[@MrSupernova111]

Nice lesson bro!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! 👍

[@portalthunder6775]

In Salo Landau vs Rudolf spielmann, why did black not take white bishop with pawn gxf4?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Rd1+ would be devastating 👍

[@Countdown420]

Thank you so much sir for your hard work. It never fails to impress. As a suggestion, please can you release videos (in the future) about endgame technique such as how to face a knight vs bishop endgame? Just a suggestion sir😊

[@Hassy171717]

Homework: I came up with my 3 cadidate moves and made a decision, then looked at the game. As a very low rated player I cannot fathom trading the rook for the Bishop, so my thoughts were mostly surrounding playing in the middle, with candidate moves of: c4, Be3 or e6. c4 I want opponent to take to 3x his pawns, but they prolly won't do that. So then Be3 I liked cause I want to pressure the weak pawn on c5 and induce the Queen out to protect it, but, black can also just push e6 to defend. So I liked e6 myself, black will take with Bxe6 (thus blocking his pawn and blocking in his bishop). Then I go with Be3 and now the only way I see for black to defend the pawn is Qb6. I'd continue to add pressure with b4. I don't think black can do much to save the pawn now and I'll be able to take it next move with tempo on the Queen. After that, my knight will also have a home in the middle on either e5 or d4 and I'll bring my queen out to the king side eventually (especially if I end up using Ne5, I'll look for black to try f6, then my Qh5+... g6 to block can be met with Kxg6)

[@danomaly8943]

Second position: I’m thinking off the bat based on the first position we went over is Ke4, maybe Bg5 first threatening to take the rook and I feel I can creat weaknesses from that position in the near future but definitely want the knight at a good outpost. Maybe even Be3 controlling more of the center taking away good squares for black.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your answers! 🙌👍

[@edcraddock9868]

Very insightful!

[@michavanderstraeten3053]

“Dear Roberto, I was thinking of using the queen on f3 to attack the pawn on c6, a small advantage if the queen is taken and I recapture with bishop g2-c6.”

[@angelojones4330]

Why sacrifice the rook if Knight at c3 could have achieve the same with Rook being ready to attack in next move?

[@danomaly8943]

I feel like this was made for me!!!

[@calebrdz.6019]

Great video

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! 👍

[@servantofallah1670]

Hi robert, i'm stuck at 2100 puzzle rating since few months. i've been trying a lot to increase it but it Isn't going my way. What's the way to improve my tactical vision??

[@vasylcherniy8814]

Cool! Like as always

[@sanderhater1]

Very helpful

[@mirokokenov5681]

Homework: e6 followed by Ne5, then Qh5 and we win a rook or checkmate the black king. Rob where can we see the answer?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! You can see the homework game in the description of the video 👍

[@mirokokenov5681]

@@NMRobertRamirez Hahaha yeah the knight is going to e5 but there are many lines to write down 🙂

[@dudator9689]

Coach i am on lesson 19 can i still watch it or just continue from 20

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! You will always learn something from it 👍 Anyways, let me know what you think when you watch it 👍

[@sudartosung6047]

Nice.

[@AliMatini-h4p]

Night to outpost d6

[@FloatingSunfish]

24:44

[@alireza-cn2xr]

Nicce👌

[@TheLoneStarState-q8w]

Nice

[@vijyantmehrotra8119]

Love from INDIA

[@vijyantmehrotra8119]

Doing a sacrifice is a difficult decision

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Indeed! 💪😎

[@mirokokenov5681]

1st position: trade the dark square bishops and get the knight to d6 or capitalise on the isolated pawn on c6

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your answers 🙌👍

[@danomaly8943]

And wrong again…

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Welcome to the club 😎