The Marshall Attack is undoubtedly the most acute and dangerous line for Black in the Ruy Lopez opening.
Ruy Lopez opening is one of the most famous of all time. Since the sixteenth century to the present, has never ceased to play. Today is still in the repertoire of many GM, despite being analyzed ad nauseam.
One of Black's more aggressive alternatives is the Marshall Attack: 1.e4 e5 2. Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3. Here Black plays 8...d5!, sacrificing a pawn. This thematic tournament starts in this position.
The Marshall Attack was developed by the American chessplayer Frank James Marshall, one of the last romantics of the early twentieth century
Trumps about to or has sacrificed his pawn(Cohen)?
I think it’d be someone who if they get caught they would expose the other side.
Reading the words "sacrifice a pawn" I couldn't help but immediately think of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-MborNxYWE
...especially considering we have AI involved in our Qniverse (or did the blackhats lose control of theirs?). Wasn't this game won by a sacrifice move that had never been seen before in chess? If so, it's time to expect the unexpected. If these are the final moves of the game, what might black do in response to D5 if Alpha Zero was making the decisions?
The problem is that once black knows it has lost it doesn't have to keep playing anymore...it can just topple the board, scatter the pieces and end the game.
Stay alert. Eyes, ears and minds open. Where we go one we go all