Paul Morphy's Puzzle
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Excellent Queen sacrifice.
Extremely easy to find because you gave it away with the name.
bxf6 also works
calvinhobbesliker wrote: bxf6 also works
no. it doesn't work. it will take 4 moves instead of 3, because after 1.Bxf6 ...g6. and it will take 3 more moves to bring the queen to g7 for the mate. but in the queen sac. black can't choose not to take the queen because if 1. Qf6...g6 than 2. Qe5 and mate next move.
benws wrote:
i thought morphy's puzzle was this:
There are many variations
Try to solve this tactic from a master player.(it's not me!)