Max Lange Attack
White's complete intermediate repertoire in the Max Lange Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5). Seven drills cover the classical 9...Qd5 main line, the 10...Qa5 queen retreat, Marshall's 9...Qxf6, the Krause 9...g6, Anderssen's 6...Ng4 sacrificial defence, the 7...gxf6 decline, and Black's 5...d6 modern decline.
The Max Lange Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5) is one of the most beautiful and feared attacks in classical chess — a Romantic-era weapon revived by modern grandmasters as a surprise weapon at every level. The plan is brutal: sacrifice a pawn for explosive development, drive Black's pieces into awkward squares, and launch a thunderous kingside attack with Ng5, Qh5, and the f6 pawn as a permanent thorn. This pack delivers White's full intermediate repertoire across the seven critical Black defences: the classical 9...Qd5 10.Nc3 main line with the killer 12.g4! thrust, the 10...Qa5 retreat, Marshall's pragmatic 9...Qxf6, the defensive 9...g6 Krause Defense, Anderssen's 6...Ng4 met with the crushing 7.Bxf7+ sacrifice, the 7...gxf6 structural decline, and Black's 5...d6 modern decline punished with the 8.Bxf7+ shot. Thirty exam positions sharpen the critical attacking decisions — when to sacrifice a piece, when to centralise the knight on e4, when to crack open the king with g4, and when to transition into a winning endgame.