Tactic #8:
1. Qxf6+ Nxf6 2. Bxf6#
Tactic #9:
1. Qxh5+ Rxh5 2. Bg6#
Tactic 10#:
This is a famous game played by Morphy against a Duke and a Count. The game was played at the opera! As you can see from the game, Morphy makes quick work of the Duke and Count. Probably he wanted to watch the opera instead of playing chess with patzers! This game exemplifies the importance of quick development. Another good rule of thumb is not to weaken your position with attacking moves if you are behind in development. The move b5 is really terrible!
Tactic #11:
1. Qc2+ Kxe3 2. Bg1# or 1. Qc2+ Ke1 2. Bg3#
This is a really nice example of a Queen and Bishop working together on different diagonals.
Tactic #12:
1. Ng4+ Kd5 2. Bxf7# or 1. Ng4+ Kf5 Qf6#
Tactic #13:
1. Qe3+ Kd1 2. Qd2# or 1. Qe3+ Kf1 2. Nd2#
Tactic #14:
Another great and famous win by Morphy. Apparently, Morphy took all of 12 minutes before playing the Queen sacrifice on move 17. Assuming Morphy calculated out all the variations, this represents an incredible speed for calculating moves. I am surely impressed! I make these sorts of sacrifices and realize, oh yeah, on the 3rd move he can parry the check by moving his pawn. Oops!
Hope you had fun with these tactics!
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