The Max Lange Attack is named after a german analyst called Max Lange, who developed his ideas in the mid-nineteenth century. The Max Lange leads to immediate sharp play where one slip up can lead to a fatal blow being dealt for one of the players. In this variation, typically, it is the better prepared player that will usually end up on top.1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Nf64.d4exd45.O-OBc56.e5...This is the main starting position of the Max Lange. Here there are only two moves worth reviewing. Although let's look at one way this opening can go horribly wrong6....Ne4?An already fatal move for black. The continuing position is from a game by Morphy7.Bd5!...A fantastic move. Blocking the d-pawn from protecting the knight meaning that black will need to play f5 to save his knight. This of course exposes his king immediately!7....f58.exf6Nxf69.Bg5Be710.Bxf6!Bxf611.Re1+Ne712.Ne5Bxe513.Qh5+g614.Qxe5Rf815.Nd2c616.Nc4!...ignoring the threat of cxd5 since Nd6# is super strong16....d617.Nxd6+Kd718.Be6+Kc719.Nxc8+