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Originally Posted by Go_Blue88
I'm surprised that none of you ever sacrificed your Queen.
Queen sacs are actually very uncommon. Even when part of a mating attack, it's more often a lesser piece that is thrown away since the queen controls many squares which tends to help more with the mating.
Queens are valuable pieces. To sacrifice one and not lose, you need to get that much compensation. You can get some by getting some material back, but you're still looking for a good deal of positional compensation here.
Look, we still get excited when someone sacrifices the exchange (worth roughly 2 pawns, though often the player will get 1 pawn for the exchange), so finding that much value in positional trumps is hard enough. Finding enough to make up for your queen? That takes an extraordinary position.