Brilliant sacrifices 3: king hunts

Ten sacrifices that pull the king into the open: the Greek gift on h7, knights on f7 and e6, and a queen sacrifice that ends in a famous mate. Learn when the attack really works. This is an opening course with 10 lessons and 30 interactive exercises, suited to players rated around 1500 (club players). Every exercise is played on a real board with feedback after each move, there is nothing to install, and it is free.

Lessons in Brilliant sacrifices 3: king hunts

  1. Morphy's Opera Game – Philidor Defence, C41. Morphy's famous game: sacrifice after sacrifice, and mate on d8.
  2. Greco's rook sacrifice – Italian Game, Greco Gambit, C54. White gives a rook to keep the black king in the centre.
  3. The Scotch knight jump – Scotch Game, Steinitz Variation, C45. White leaves the e4 pawn to chase the queen and the king.
  4. Deep Blue's knight on e6 – Caro-Kann Defence, B15. A knight sacrifice on e6 that won a famous computer match.
  5. The Greek gift in the Colle – Colle System, D05. The classic bishop sacrifice on h7, set up by e4 and e5.
  6. Lasker's two bishops – Bird Opening, A03. The famous double bishop sacrifice on h7 and g7.
  7. Lasker's queen sacrifice – Dutch Defence, A40. A queen sacrifice on h7 and a king hunt all the way to g1.
  8. The Max Lange Attack – Two Knights Defence, Max Lange Attack, C56. A knight on f7 breaks open the black king.
  9. The Moller Attack – Italian Game, Moller Attack, C54. White leaves a knight and a rook to open the centre.
  10. Fischer's queen offer – Evans Gambit, C52. Fischer offers his queen, and a bishop mates on f6.

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