White also has the dangerous, though probably objectively insufficient, second pawn sacrifice 7.

White may try to complicate play by means of the pawn sacrifice 8.

Qxd4 Bxf3 is a strong pawn sacrifice, giving Black excellent compensation.

He doesn't usually need more provocation for a pawn sacrifice.

This is a pawn sacrifice which gives Black a lead in development after 2.

And he found a pretty way to do it with the temporary pawn sacrifice, 54 g4!

To avoid this, Karpov offered what he must have thought would be only a temporary pawn sacrifice with 15 c5?

Two pawn sacrifices were also introduced in the variation with 6.

Christiansen put a stop to this with the adventurous pawn sacrifice, 21 e5!

This is a pawn sacrifice, and was once considered dubious.