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As someone low in rating, there are few things in chess more satisfying to me than when the engine confirms I was correct in sacrificing an exchange or a full piece for some sort of positional advantage. The opportunity itself comes up very rarely for me, so recognizing it just makes me giddy.

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Yeah, there's nothing that feels better in chess than that. I still remember my first win in the norwegian championships(in the noob category, not bragging, they let anyone play in it) almost 20 years ago(yikes); found, correctly calculated and played a rook sacrifice leading to mate(it was like a 3 move combination, all checks, nothing too fancy but I did consciously threaten it the move before). I also remember walking into mate in 1 in another game that tournament, the rest is a blur.

And in fact most of the wins I remember the most clearly involved some kind of well-found sacrifice. The others tend to blend together too much in my mind. And most of the losses I remember most clearly involved horrible blunders.