This is another sacrificial theme that occurs rarely but is so charming that is worth everyone’s study.
Georgy Borisenko White
Dmitry Grechkin Black
Moscow 1955
Queen’s Gambit Accepted D21
1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 ♘f3 a6 4 e4 c5 5 ♗xc4 cxd4 6 ♘xd4 e5? 7 ♕a4+!
Also good was 7 ♕b3 with a 8 ♗xf7+ threat (7...♕c7 8 ♘c2 or 8 ♘e2).
7...♕d7
Black offered the Exchange because 7...♗d7? 8 ♕b3! is worse. And 7...♘d7 8 ♘f3 is difficult to defend. For example, 8...♗d6 9 0-0 ♘gf6 10 ♖d1.
Question 320: Isn’t 10...♕c7 11 ♘g5 0-0 safe?
8 ♗b5! axb5 9 ♕xa8
Black should try 9...♗b4+ because there is one bad reply (10 ♘c3?? exd4) and some chances with 10...♕xd4 after other replies.
9...♕xd4? 10 ♕xb8 ♗b4+
11 ♘c3! ♕xe4+
Now 11...♗xc3+ 12 bxc3 ♕xc3+ loses to 13 ♗d2! ♕xa1+ 14 ♔e2.
Question 321: And on 14...♕xh1 ?
12 ♗e3 ♘e7 13 ♕c7 ♗xc3+ 14 bxc3
And 14...♕xg2? 15 0-0-0! is terminal.
14...♕c6 15 ♕xe5 resigns.
A different kind of double-rook offer:
Piotrowski White
Jerzy Sokolow Black
Correspondence 1971
1 e4 e5 2 ♘f3 ♘c6 3 ♗b5 a6 4 ♗xc6 dxc6 5 0-0 ♗g4 6 h3 h5 7 d3 ♕f6 8 ♘bd2 b5 9 ♖e1 ♗c5 10 c3 ♖d8 11 ♕c2 ♘e7 12 b4 ♗a7 13 ♗b2 ♘g6 14 d4 ♘f4 15 h4 ♘g6 16 dxe5 ♕f4 17 ♘d4 ♘xh4 18 g3 ♖xd4! 19 cxd4 (19 gxf4 ♖xd2! 20 ♕xd2 ♘f3+) ♕xd2! 20 ♕xc6+ ♗d7 21 ♕a8+ ♔e7 22 ♕xh8 ♘f3+ 23 ♔h1 ♕xf2 24 ♕xh5 ♗g4 White resigns.