What is this early bishop sac

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jmoopening

I have faced this early bishop sac many times. I don't get it why do this.

Bon4elo

The bishop sarc force your king out to a rather open place and cant castle, make him pretty easy to attack, but i dont get the queen sarc lol i think that's a blunder

eric0022
jmoopening wrote:

I have faced this early bishop sac many times. I don't get it why do this.

Like Bon4elo mentioned, the main aim is to prevent Black from castling, with a two-pawn compensation after move 4 in the above game.

Unfortunately, the White queen jumped out of the frying pan...into the fire on move 5.

tygxc

Two pawns are not enough compensation for a bishop.