A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.
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[Event "Olympiad"] [Site "Dubrovnik"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Castaldi, Vincent"] [Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "r1bq1rk1/1p1nppbp/2n3p1/p7/QPPp4/B2P1NP1/P2N1PBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1... axb4 2. Qxa8 Nb6 3. Qxc8 Nxc8 4. Bc1 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1