Chess Game – Ludwig Engels vs Geza Maroczy
Chess Sacrifice as Chess Tactics identified sacrifice as a tactics to gain tempo. Gaining a tempo is an important chess tactics that provides you with an initiative (see Chess Sacrifice as a Chess Tactics: to seize initiative) whereby you take a lead forcing the opponent to passively follow what your moves dictate! You achieve a tempo by threatening to capture a piece, or to gain substantial material, or to deliver a check any of which will need the opponent to attend to these immediate threats, shelving for the time being the plans he wanted to pursue. For full game analysis please visit www.mychessblog.com

