Fooling the computer
Ok - it was in quick analysis mode admittedly! But no answers for the forced sequence which follows.
Tactics 101
White to play:
Truck and Trailer
An attacking theme which occurs quite frequently. The Queen is ready to follow in the leading bishop's tracks!
Instructive Game
An interesting game despite the blunders!
Patience is a Virtue!
In this game black 'invests' the queen banking on a forward knight outpost and the bishop pair as well as lead in development. But in the final phase of the game a more patient build up of forces was needed. Fortunately white also lost patience se...
Brevitas
White offers both bishops - the one accepted , the second declined but to no avail.
Determined Diemer
White throws everything but the proverbial kitchen sink into the attack.
A Thorn by any other name ...
How else to describe the final move of white's combination ?!
Double Queen sac
Black blunders leaving his queen 'en pris'. But White declines and instead sacrifices his own queen for an unusual smothered mate.
The Morra the Merrier !
Intuitively it felt to me that Black's position was somehow cramped on the Queenside. So I played 14. g4 and a few moves later the tactical possibilities - exploiting the 'cramps' - became apparent.
Knights Rampant
Smith Morra cameo!
Mate falls like a thief in the night!
Diemer Duhm Gambit
Somehow it all worked out!
Christmas King Chase
Hardly flawless but some fun tactics anyway!
The King's Gambit Accepted
You be the judge!
Both 11. Nd5 ?! and 13. Nf6+ are labelled 'inaccuracy' by the engines. But how does one develop 'intuition' except by experimenting with such moves ?
Not quite good enough!
White's 'spectacular' rook sac is 'dissed' by the silicon monster!
A fruitful From!
Black piles up kingside forces and then looks for tactical opportunities.
Falkbeer Fandango
The white queen dances to disaster!
Riding One's Luck
Black takes a chance with 14 ... Rxe3 and 3 moves later White unwittingly 'self interferes' allowing decisive entry of the black knight on e4. This combo would not go down well with Willem Steinitz! “A win by an unsound combination, however show...
Mayhem in the Morra
If IM Esserman will forgive me borrowing the title of his very excellent book!
Two bites at the cherry!
Black misses the first chance but makes no mistake on the second!
King's Gambit, Queen's delight!
White's queen makes merry on g6!
Assault and Battery!
White's double piece sac batters down the King's defences.
Rook Lift
Black's rook enters the fray with decisive effect.
