ArcaMax

This game has barely gotten underway and White is ahead in development, yet the game is essentially over.

This position is from 1841, from a Muzio Gambit, which early in the opening sacrifices a piece for an attack. Here we are in a middle game where White is still a piece down and the queens have been exchanged. Yet there is still a mating attack. Have at it!

A post WWII amateur game. An instructive miniature. Armitage - Reese (C80)UK Army v Navy, 1946. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Nxe4 6.Re1 (Better is 6.d4, but this is tricky)6...Nc5 7.Nc3 (Better is 7.Bxc6) 7...Nxa4 8.Nxe5 Be7 9.Nd5 0–0? (Now would be a good time to bring the knight back so it can go to e6 to block the e-file. 9....

This is a win with one decisive move at the outset that is best.

This requires calculation. Be careful!