Sacrifices are great. Its visually appealing and I loved it too when I first started. But on looking back I think what makes the greatest chess players is thei

Sacrifices are great. Its visually appealing and I loved it too when I first started. But on looking back I think what makes the greatest chess players is their intelligence and ability to calculate quickly and accurately. Here is an example of one of Fischers greatest games. It really shows his great insight. It is a game from 1971 against Petrosian. Here is the link http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044351 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044351 After the 21st move Fischer has a great knight and there is no way an amateur would give it for the useless bishop. But that's exactly what he did. Fischer's insight was that in this particular position getting rid of the bishop allows his rooks to invade into the enemy's position quickly (which is exactly how the game ended). At that time this move was criticized by top gradmasters as a blunder. I just brought this up to show that chess is really a game of intelligence. Regards.