The Canal & Prins Gambits: Two Surprising Weapons Against the Queen’s Gambit Giant Chess Pieces Chess Pieces * Capablanca’s Positional Pawn Sacrifice

* Capablanca’s Positional Pawn Sacrifice

It makes a lot of sense because delivering checkmate is the ultimate goal of the game

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Giving back material to gain a positional advantage

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The Canal & Prins Gambits: Two Surprising Weapons Against the Queen’s Gambit Giant Chess Pieces Chess Pieces * Capablanca’s Positional Pawn SacrificeThe Queen's Gambit can be rather boring, especially for Black, so a couple of weapons to make things more excitement. In this book, FIDE Master Carsten carefully analyzes two gambits for Black that both arise after the initial moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c5!?. The Canal Gambit arises when White captures 5. cxd5, and Black responds 5 Qb6. The gambit is somewhat dubious, but very effective in practical play. The Prins Gambit instead sees