Classic Bishop Sacrifice
[Event "sacrifice on h7 by B (Greek Gi"]
[Site "sacrifice on h7 by B (Greek G"]
[Date "1792.??.??"]
[Round "83"]
[White "Greco, G."]
[Black "Anon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Regis,Dave"]
[PlyCount "21"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 (4... Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. h4 O-O 7. e5
Nd5 8. Bxh7+ Kxh7 9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. Qh5 Re8 11. Qxf7+ Kh8 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13. Qh7+
Kf8 14. Qh8+ Ke7 15. Qxg7#) 5. h4 O-O 6. e5 Nd5 {[#] the simplest setting for
the sacrifice - sometimes known as the Greek Gift after El Greco's pioneering
analysis} 7. Bxh7+ Kxh7 8. Ng5+ Kg8 (8... Bxg5 9. hxg5+ Kg6 10. Qd3+ (10. Qh5+
Kf5) 10... f5 11. gxf6+ Kf7 12. Rh7 Rg8 13. Qg3 Qf8 14. Bh6 Ke8) (8... Kg6 9.
h5+ Kh6 (9... Kf5 10. Qf3+ (10. g4#) 10... Nf4 11. Qxf4#)) 9. Qh5 Bxg5 10. hxg5
f5 (10... f6 11. g6) 11. g6 1-0
Harder Bishop Sacrifice
[Event "URS-ch37"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ (8... Nc6) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 (11... Nd7 12. O-O
b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5) 12. O-O b6 13.
Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Na5 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 {'!'} (17. exd5 Qxd5 18.
Bxh7+) 17... Nc4 18. Qf4 Nb2 {[#]} 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. h4 Rc4 22.
h5+ (22. Rd4) 22... Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. e6 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27.
Rd2 Rc6 28. Rxb2 Re8 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Rexe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rc2 Rc6 33.
Re2 Bc8 34. Re7+ Kh8 35. Nh4 f5 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 {'1-0 (37) Polugaevsky,
L-Tal,M Moscow 1969 100 Jahre Schach [Knaak,R]'} 1-0
Lev Polugaevsky was a difficult opponent for Tal, I think the decisive games went 9-2 in Polu's favour. So, even if there is a local hot-shot player whom everyone is scared of, maybe you are their difficult opponent. Certainly, you should try to be just that! Tal maybe had three: Polugaevsky, Keres, and Korchnoi.
Double Bishop Sacrifice
[Event "St Petersburg preliminary"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "1914.04.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Nimzowitsch, Aaron"] [Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D05"] [Annotator "sacrifice: double bishop"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1914.04.21"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 d4 19. exd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxg2 22. f3 (22. Kxg2 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rd5) 22... Rfe8 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5 (25. Rxf1 Qh2+) 25... f5 26. Qc3 Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4 f4+ 29. Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5# 0-1