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Pawn Sacrifice Games

511 games featuring pawn sacrifices · Stockfish vs the world's top engines · Full engine evaluation preserved through the sacrifice.

Pawn Sacrifice Chess Games
Queen Rook Bishop Knight Exchange Pawn
vs LCZero (138 games)
vs Berserk (51 games)
vs Caissa (39 games)
vs Dragon (31 games)
vs Clover (29 games)
vs Alexandria (22 games)
vs Halogen (21 games)
vs Ethereal (20 games)
vs Obsidian (20 games)
vs Wasp (15 games)
vs RubiChess (14 games)
vs Reckless (14 games)
vs Igel (12 games)
vs Torch (12 games)
vs Velvet (10 games)
vs Seer (9 games)
vs Booot (8 games)
vs BlackMarlin (7 games)
vs Fire (6 games)
vs Minic (5 games)
vs rofChade (5 games)
vs Fat Fritz (3 games)
vs Marvin (3 games)
vs Stoofvlees II d2 (2 games)
vs Stoofvlees II d5 (2 games)
vs Obsidian dev-16.14 (2 games)
vs LCZeroCPU (2 games)
vs SlowChess Blitz (1 games)
vs Obsidian dev-10.28 (1 games)
vs Obsidian dev-11.06 (1 games)
vs Stoofvlees II b5 (1 games)
vs Obsidian dev-13.23 (1 games)
vs Stoofvlees II WCCC2024 (1 games)
vs Stoofvlees II d10 (1 games)
vs Ethereal-FRC (1 games)
vs Stoofvlees II d8 (1 games)
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as a pawn sacrifice in these games?
This page collects pawn sacrifices, where two or more pawns are given up for activity, initiative, or positional play. Detection runs algorithmically over every move: a piece capture is flagged as a sacrifice when the side losing material does not recover equivalent material within the surrounding 3-ply window.
How many pawn-sacrifice games are in this archive?
511 games across all opponents, drawn from CCRL and TCEC matches involving Stockfish from 2024 onward.
Are all pawn sacrifices brilliant?
No — engines occasionally sacrifice material under time pressure or as part of long calculation that may not look immediately winning. The eval bar on each game page shows whether the sacrifice held up.
Can I filter by opponent?
Games on this page are grouped by opponent. Click any opponent header to see the full list of sacrifice games against that engine.
How does this differ from human-played sacrifice databases?
Engine sacrifices are computed objectively. Modern engines play sacrifices when calculation favors them, not based on style or intuition. Studying these games shows what is concretely sound, not just attractive.
Can I practice the pawn sacrifice games?
Yes. Open any game and click Practice — you will play the winning side's moves yourself, including the sacrifice itself.
Does the eval bar show the moment of the sacrifice?
Yes. Every move's evaluation is preserved from the engines' actual play, so you can see the exact eval before, during, and after the sacrifice.
Where do these classifications come from?
Sacrifice detection is computed during the build pipeline using a material-balance algorithm. It is not a human curator's selection, so coverage is consistent and complete across all 9,861 games in the archive.
Game data sourced from CCRL and TCEC (Top Chess Engine Championship). TCEC games are licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Engine moves are factual records of completed engine matches.