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Tactics! The soul of chess! The following examples provide an introduction to the tactical world of chess.

1. Legal's Mate
2. The Smothered Mate
3. Gueridon Mate
4. Epaulette Mate
5. Greco's Sacrifice
6. The Power of the Double Check
7. The Back Rank Mate
8. The Back Rank Mate in practice
9. Greco's Mate
10. Anastasia's Mate
11. Boden's Mate
12. Boden's Mate in practice
13. Blackburn's Mate
14. Lolli's Mate
15. Another mate from Lolli
16. Pillsbury's Mate
17. Damiano's Mate
18. Morphy's Mate

A Collection of short tactical games

Some more mating patterns

22 tactical puzzles

Examples of the Greco sacrifice

For reviews of these and other chess books, click here.

George Renaud and Victor Kahn: The Art of the Checkmate

Lou Hays: Winning Chess Tactics for Juniors

John A. Bain: Chess Tactics for Students

Bruce Pandelfini: Chessercizes