What is a Greek Gift? | The Greek Gift Sacrifice | Basic Checkmates | Alex Astaneh
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In this video, IM Alex Astaneh is sharing with you the classical bishop sacrifice, also known as the Greek Gift. It is named the Greek Gift because if you take it then you are in a lot of trouble.
The classical bishop sacrifice involves a capture either on h7 or in the case of black on h2. This move breaks the enemy kingβs defense and allows the attacking side to launch a very fast attack. This bishop sacrifice has a frequent occurrence on the club level.
In this video, we will cover the most common examples of classical bishop sacrifices, where white captures on h7. Notice that these sacrifices work very often when the enemy king has very little piece protection.
In this video we will cover three motifs of the Greek Gift sacrifice:
In the first example, we cover a classical bishop sacrifice in its most conventional form with bishop captures on h7. Then a knight jumps in to g5 and the knight assists the queen.
However, sometimes you get a different type of position, where h7 is very well protected. In this case the typical idea is not available for the attacking side. Here it is very important to be aware of another concept which is the double bishop sacrifice. In the second example, we will cover the double bishop sacrifice, which is often connected with a rook lift.
In the final example, you will see the importance of not just having knowledge of the typical double bishop sacrifice, but of the second double bishop sacrifice. Itβs a bishop sacrifice but not as seen on the g2-square, as shown in the second example, but rather on the f3-square.
Summary: There are three classical bishop sacrifices or themes that you should be aware of: The first is the very standard one where the bishop is sacrificed either on h2 or h7 and the knight jumps in to assist the queen. The second is the double bishop sacrifice with an eventual rook lift and checkmate with queen and rook. The final one is this twist on the double bishop sacrifice where the bishop first steps onto either f3 or f6.
After watching this video, we hope that you are much better prepared to both, meet the classical bishop sacrifice and prevent it when it works.
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[Site "www.chessfactor.com"]
[Date "2019"]
[Annotator "Alex Astaneh"]
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1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Ng5+ Kg8 ( 2...Kg6 3.Qd3+ ( 3.Qg4 ) ) 3.Qh5 Qd7 4.Qh7+ Kf8 5.Qh8+ Ke7 6.Qxg7 Rf8 7.Nh7 *
[Site "www.chessfactor.com"]
[Date "2019"]
[Annotator "Alex Astaneh"]
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1.Nh5 Nxh5? 2.Bxh7+ ( 2.Qxh5? ) 2...Kxh7 3.Qxh5+ Kg8 4.Bxg7 Kxg7 5.Qg4+ Kh8 ( 5...Kf6 6.Qg5# ) 6.Rf3 *
[Site "www.chessfactor.com"]
[Date "2019"]
[Annotator "Alex Astaneh"]
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1...Bxh2+ 2.Kxh2 Qh4+ 3.Kg1 Bf3 ( 3...Bxg2 4.f4 ( 4.Kxg2? Qg4+ 5.Kh2 Rf6 ) 4...Qg3? 5.Qxg2 ) 4.Be2 ( 4.gxf3 Rf6 ) 4...Bxg2 5.f4 ( 5.Kxg2 Qg5+ 6.Kf3 Qg4# ) 5...Qg3 *
[Site "www.chessfactor.com"]
[Date "2019"]
[Annotator "Alex Astaneh"]
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1...Bxh2+ 2.Kxh2 Qh4+ 3.Kg1 Bf3 ( 3...Bxg2 4.f4 ( 4.Kxg2? Qg4+ 5.Kh2 Rf6 ) 4...Qg3? 5.Qxg2 ) 4.Be2 ( 4.gxf3 Rf6 ) 4...Bxg2 5.f4 ( 5.Kxg2 Qg5+ 6.Kf3 Qg4# ) 5...Qg3 *
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