Answers.Body: <p>I think I found the source I read this in: <a href="https://www.chess.com/news/view/world-chess-championship-game-9-another-draw-sets-historic-record" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Sam Shankland's annontation to game 9 of the 2021 World Chess Championship</a>.</p>
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  <p>13...Na5 might be worth considering. Any Grunfeld player knows to abuse the c4-square in this structure. Still, it's of course easy to sacrifice other people's pawns and one cannot really fault Caruana for not wanting to allow dxe5 against a clearly prepared opponent.</p>
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  <p>Given the Tartakower quote in the comments, I imagine this was Shankland paraphrasing Tartakower.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: . . . though sacrificing the your opponent's men is not the same as sacrificing the material of a player whose game you're annotating or kibitzing.
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Answers.Text: And around here (Oxford, UK) comments along the line in the question (rather than this answer) when analyzing were being made before 2021 - I personally think its just a meme in the chess player's zeitgeist, having evolved from the original Tartakower quote, and it could have evolved separately in many different geographical areas.
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Answers.Text: Shouldn't this have been edited into the question rather than posted as an answer ? Is it certainly not answering the question of "who said it first"..
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Answers.Text: @Evargalo assuming Shankland was paraphrasing Tartakower, and Tartakower's quote was well-known, then Shankland is presumably the first to say it (because he came up with it). If someone comes up with a better answer, I can accept that.
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Answers.Text: @Allure : When Shankland said it in 2021 it's definitely not the first occurence. I am sure to have heard "it is easier to sacrifice someone's else pawns/pieces" many many times at least since 2010, probably much earlier, both in chess online comment and in clubs or tournaments when analysing games. It is established as a common sentence in the chess world for a decade at the very least.
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Body: <p>I'm sure I read this quote somewhere - presumably someone analyzing another player's games, and talking about some adventurous sacrifice which most people won't play. However, I don't remember who the player is and/or if they were quoting someone else. Searching for this phrase on Google returns no results either.</p>
  <p>Does anyone know who first said this?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Could be Tartakower or someone paraphrasing him. "It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men."
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Title: Who first said "it is easy to sacrifice someone else's pawns"?
ThreadText: # Who first said "it is easy to sacrifice someone else's pawns"?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-12-08)
  
  I'm sure I read this quote somewhere - presumably someone analyzing another player's games, and talking about some adventurous sacrifice which most people won't play. However, I don't remember who the player is and/or if they were quoting someone else. Searching for this phrase on Google returns no results either.
  
  Does anyone know who first said this?
  
  **Tags:** quotations
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Could be Tartakower or someone paraphrasing him. "It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men."  
  > **username_2**: @username_1 That was my first thought - I don't think it's Tartakower himself, the meaning is different from the famous quote, but it could well be a paraphrase  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2024-12-17. Score: 1
  
  I think I found the source I read this in: [Sam Shankland's annontation to game 9 of the 2021 World Chess Championship](https://www.chess.com/news/view/world-chess-championship-game-9-another-draw-sets-historic-record).
  
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  [FEN "r2qr1k1/ppp3pp/1bn1bp2/4p3/3P4/2P2NP1/PB2PPBP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 13"]
  
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  > 13...Na5 might be worth considering. Any Grunfeld player knows to abuse the c4-square in this structure. Still, it's of course easy to sacrifice other people's pawns and one cannot really fault Caruana for not wanting to allow dxe5 against a clearly prepared opponent.
  
  Given the Tartakower quote in the comments, I imagine this was Shankland paraphrasing Tartakower.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: . . . though sacrificing the your opponent's men is not the same as sacrificing the material of a player whose game you're annotating or kibitzing.  
  > **username_2**: And around here (Oxford, UK) comments along the line in the question (rather than this answer) when analyzing were being made before 2021 - I personally think its just a meme in the chess player's zeitgeist, having evolved from the original Tartakower quote, and it could have evolved separately in many different geographical areas.  
  > **username_4**: Shouldn't this have been edited into the question rather than posted as an answer ? Is it certainly not answering the question of "who said it first"..  
  > **username_0**: @username_4 assuming Shankland was paraphrasing Tartakower, and Tartakower's quote was well-known, then Shankland is presumably the first to say it (because he came up with it). If someone comes up with a better answer, I can accept that.  
  > **username_4**: @username_0 : When Shankland said it in 2021 it's definitely not the first occurence. I am sure to have heard "it is easier to sacrifice someone's else pawns/pieces" many many times at least since 2010, probably much earlier, both in chess online comment and in clubs or tournaments when analysing games. It is established as a common sentence in the chess world for a decade at the very least.  
  
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