| The mating sacrifice is the strongest of all sacrifices. -Rudolf Spielmann |
| A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. -Rudolph Spielmann |
| A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to risk. -Leonid Shamkovich |
| A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it. -Wilhelm Steinitz |
| We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a chess player’s nature. -Rudolf Spielman |
| Chess and offensive football are quite similar; you sacrifice something now to get something back later. -Barney Chavous |
| Adequate compensation for a sacrifice is having a sound combination leading to a winning position; adequate compensation for a blunder is having your opponent snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. -Bruce A. Moon |
| Fischer sacrificed virtually everything most of us 'weakies' value, respect, and cherish, for the sake of an artful, often beautiful board game, for the ambivalent privilege of being its greatest master. He even sacrificed his mother, Regina, to become the King of Chess. Paul Kollar |
| Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable. -Anatoly Karpov |
| There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine. -Mikhail Tal |
| A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost a matter of course. -Siegbert Tarrasch |
| It was once said that Tal sacrificed 9 pawns for an attack. -Mato |
| A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover. -Savielly Tartakower |
| The beauty of a game of chess is usually assessed according to the sacrifices it contains. -Rudolf Spielmann |
| As a rule, so-called 'positional' sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities. -Alexander Alekhine |
| It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men. -Savielly Tartakover |
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