In chess, the Greek gift sacrifice, also known as the classical bishop sacrifice, is a typical sacrifice of a bishop by White playing Bxh7+ or Black playing...

immediately recapture. Attacking a piece usually, but not always (see Sacrifice), forces the opponent to respond if the attacked piece is undefended,...

categories such as rapid, blitz or bullet. classical bishop sacrifice See Greek gift sacrifice. clearance Removal of piece from a square, rank, file or diagonal...

opponent manages to fend off the attack, they are likely to lose. The Greek gift sacrifice is a canonical example. Development It is common to give up a pawn...

Abadjiev. The Gift of the Magi (2014) The Greek film directed by Ismene Daskarolis places it in the economic crisis of contemporary Greece. Prem Puran (2019)...

his travels around Greece was to see cult images, and usually managed to do so. It was typically necessary to make a sacrifice or gift, and some temples...

humans got more use from the sacrifice than the deity had not escaped the Greeks, and is often the subject of humour in Greek comedy. The animals used are...

a slightly unusual Greek gift sacrifice is Colle–O'Hanlon, 1930. Analysts have debated the theoretical soundness of this sacrifice for many years. 1.d4...

Colle–O'Hanlon, Nice 1930, featuring one of the best-known examples of a Greek gift sacrifice, is especially famous. The opening gained popularity, especially...

animal sacrifice has been seen at least since ancient Hebrews and Greeks, and possibly existed before that. Evidence of ritual human sacrifice can also...

generate counterplay or be mated. Novices often lose to the sparkling Greek gift sacrifice. Attacking the head of the pawn chain with f7–f6 is seen as frequently...

Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public...

Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D52), 1–0 This game features a Greek gift sacrifice. Jose Raul Capablanca vs Frank James Marshall, ch Manhattan CC, New...

cxd4 (Black does better with 9...f5 or 9...f6), White can play the Greek gift sacrifice 10.Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.Ng5+ Qxg5! 12.fxg5 dxc3 13.Qh5+! where Black has...

consultation of the Sibylline Books that they adopted "Greek rite", introducing sacrifices carried out in the Greek manner, the public banquet, and the continual...

form of human sacrifice. Child sacrifice is thought to be an extreme extension of the idea that the more important the object of sacrifice, the more devout...

sacrifice or pseudosacrifice), or because the player judges he will have positional compensation (true or positional sacrifice). Greek gift sacrifice...

given on Easter. Greek Orthodox Christians in Greece, will give gifts to family and friends on the Feast of Saint Basil. Muslims give gifts to family and...

In Greek mythology, Iphigenia (/ɪfɪdʒɪˈnaɪ.ə/; Ancient Greek: Ἰφιγένεια, Iphigéneia, [iːpʰiɡéneː.a]) was a daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra...

originally have been "present", "gift", and later come to mean "sacrifice". The spelling "Moloch" follows the Greek Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate;...

California. Derrida also looks at the story of the sacrifice as well as Kierkegaard's reading in The Gift of Death. In Mimesis: The Representation of Reality...

Xenia (Greek: ξενία) is an ancient Greek concept of hospitality. It is almost always translated as 'guest-friendship' or 'ritualized friendship'. It is...

Moscovici: the mistakes that led to painful sacrifices for the Greek people should not be repeated (Kathimerini, in Greek))". 3 July 2018. Archived from the original...

leading to a probable draw, or elect for some sharp play with the Greek gift sacrifice 17.Bxh7+!? Kxh7 18.Rab1. 17. Ne4 Bd8 Black's threat is 18...f5!,...

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology...

symbols. Poseidon (/pəˈsaɪdən, pɒ-, poʊ-/; Greek: Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the...

April 2016. Gift offerings (nedavah "voluntary offerings"): Burnt offerings (Lev. 1.1-17), Grain offerings (minḥa, Lev. 2.1-3.17), Sacrifice of well-being...

question marks, boxes, or other symbols. In Greek mythology, Perseus (US: /ˈpɜːr.si.əs/, UK: /ˈpɜː.sjuːs/; Greek: Περσεύς, translit. Perseús) is the legendary...

marks, boxes, or other symbols. Hermes (/ˈhɜːrmiːz/; Greek: Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the...

The Septuagint generally translates the term in Koine Greek as δῶρον, 'gift', θυσία, 'sacrifice', or προσφορά, 'offering up'. By the Second Temple period...