Many combinations with sacrifices are relatively easy to calculate: in a few moves, there is a gain or loss of material, and it is decided accordingly. Others are much more complex because they can be good, or even winning, even if material is lost: the key is to carefully evaluate the resulting position and the possible strategic compensations – sometimes, in the medium or long term – or attack. These are almost exclusive to high-level grandmasters because they require a very deep understanding of chess.
Jorge Cori (Lima, 1995), author of the work of art in this video, has it, either due to genetic talent – his sister Deisy is also a very prominent chess player, former under 16 and under 20 world champion – or due to his training. at the Saco Oliveros school, famous for its excellence in chess, or for both factors at the same time. Curiously, Peru is a country that has produced several talents of this type -despite the low investment of public money in chess-, such as two that already appear in this collection of El Rincón de los Inmortales: Julio Granda and Emilio Córdoba ( who was also a student at Saco Oliveros).
Grandmaster at 14 years old, Jorge Cori, has won several medals in world (including Chess Olympiads) and continental tournaments; The most important are the gold in the U16 World Cup and in four Pan American Games of different ages. He lives in Mexico, married to the well-known Mexican chess player Yvette García Morales.