Look before you leap

There is a difference between an 'active' sacrifice and a 'passive' one. It is harder to decline and active one, than it is to decline one where a piece is left en-pris. As an example, here is a tap in the Sicilian, which I pulled off today. Leaving my queen en-pris was the best move, but capturing was not. After the sequence of captures I was a piece ahead, as I had hoped. But if my opponent hadn't been so  greedy  (and captured the knight instead), I would have the better game, but not by as much as a piece.


Press, Shaun - Black
Street Chess, 18.05.2019