Giving up the queen – to deliver checkmate or to save a draw

Sacrificing a queen is one of the most rewarding manoeuvres in chess. Such a drastic measure is often connected to a forcing sequence, which either delivers checkmate quickly or allows us to escape with a draw. In the first half of the Chess Olympiad, we saw both cases appear on the board in important matches of the open section. Arjun Erigaisi, who is on fire in Budapest, gave up his queen to checkmate Peter Prohaszka, while Valentin Dragnev (pictured) found a way to force a repetition by giving up his queen in his game against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. | Photo: FIDE / Michal Walusza

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