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In this game, the engine plays the extremely questionable 3. a3??, allowing Black to lose two pieces after ... Bxa3 4. Rxa7. It follows up this sequence after 4. ... Qe7 by playing h4??, allowing Black to lose a further two pieces. The rest of the game was quite easy to convert, after trading off pawns.
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It seems this strategy of "sacrificing" the rook for knight, pawn and rook is played quite frequently. Is there any reasoning behind this?
In this game, the engine plays the extremely questionable 3. a3??, allowing Black to lose two pieces after ... Bxa3 4. Rxa7. It follows up this sequence after 4. ... Qe7 by playing h4??, allowing Black to lose a further two pieces. The rest of the game was quite easy to convert, after trading off pawns.
liantichess.herokuapp.com/2s9xgd5F
It seems this strategy of "sacrificing" the rook for knight, pawn and rook is played quite frequently. Is there any reasoning behind this?
