Finally a worthy opponent :-)

It almost never happens that opponents sac their queen without clear compensation. But today it happened !!

Sac-ing a queen for a rook and a light piece, or something similar has a few advantages : The queen party will probably think they have a won game, and have "to proof something". It is easy to overstretch in those cases though.
Another advantage is that the non-queen party has more pieces, which can work together.

In the game I needed extra time to think of a winning plan, which was not easy. My queen was a bit exposed. So later on I started to look for option to sac the queen back, and maintain a small advantage, which did happen. In time trouble some more mistakes were made, but the advantage was eventually turned into a win.

en.lichess.org/c14T9DKV/white

Kudos to Pizzinatto for creativity+courage. Nice one !

Gawain Jones went down a queen for rook and bishop in the British Championships yesterday (and won):
chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/british-chess-championships-2016/7/1/3

@FletchMK64 #2

Great game! Thanks for sharing.

I tried to play like u achja, I was not feel well so my calculation
became quite crappy
but my intuition was correct it was possible to sack the queen
and win the game
en.lichess.org/fGuAXJKZrdgn

en.lichess.org/simul/7fYpvt0F
pls join

@Puzzletraining #4

Excellent. Very entertaining ! Thanks for sharing.

en.lichess.org/simul/jZ93S4jN
wrong one sry
pls join

Well coordinated bishop + rook are often worth more than a queen, especially when the opponent king's safety is little iffy. I had to learn that lesson the hard way - I lost few games when I overplayed my position.

Was this really a sac. Could be a blunder.

queen tactic,
Its not a sack but still
en.lichess.org/Aj01hHsy/white#51