In this short game where I play as white, my opponent uses a cool trap that I haven't seen before. I'm sure this trap may be old news to a lot of people here, but new to me. I probably would've fallen for it, had I not recently seen a video about the Elephant Trap, which this one was similar to.
{This game shows a prime of example of "If it looks too good to be true, it probably is."} 1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. Bf1c4 d6 4. Nb1c3 Bc8g4 {White responds to this common pin in an interesting way.} 5. Nf3xe5 {A blunder? Looks too juicy to pass up, right? However, taking white's queen will lead to black getting mated in two, by checking with the c4 bishop, and then mating with the c3 knight. So I choose a different move.} Nc6xe5 {Though white's trap was a clever one, it's a gamble, which leaves him down in material.} 6. Bc4e2 Ng8f6 7. Be2xg4 Nf6xg4 {A better move would've been to capture with the e5 knight, which would've had a safe retreat if attacked by a pawn. I don't see it, and white capitalizes.} 8. d4 {Had the c5 knight captured white's bishop, this situation wouldn't have happened. So since one of my knights is guaranteed to be taken, I decide to make the best of it.} Ng4xf2 {A valient way for the knight to go out. It captures a pawn, while forcing white's king to choose between being exposed, or losing a rook.} 9. Ke1xf2 {White protects his rook, leaving the king exposed.} Qd8h4 {The attack begins.} 10. g3 Ne5g4 11. Kf2e2 Qh4h5 {This is the most critical position of the game. Black has some deadly possibilities here.} 12. Qd1d2 {White wants to avoid a discovered check that could lead to his queen's capture.} Ng4xh2 13. Ke2e3 {A better move would've been to move his king to d3. This loses the game for white.} Qh5f3 {Had I taken white's queen at move five, I would've been mated by move seven. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.} 0-1
Originally posted by vivify In this short game where I play as white, my opponent uses a cool trap that I haven't seen before. I'm sure this trap may be old news to a lot of people here, but new to me. I probably would've fallen for it, had I not recently seen a video about the Elephant Trap, which this one was similar to.
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. h3 { Anticipating the knight coming to e5, white can try and win a pawn by making sure the bishop is undefended, like so... } Bh5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Qxh5 Nxc4 8.Qb5+ c6 9. Qxc4
Nice game! I've seen whites idea before but haven't really played with it to try and refute it. In light of this combination above, black should probably play 5..Bxf3. I think i'd prefer the white side, simply because of the bishop pair, but playable for both sides i'm sure...
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Qxh5 Ng6 { This would open a massive can of worms } 8.Qb5+ c6 9. Qxb7 Be7{ Black has to guard f7 } 10.Qxc6 { Or d3/d4, white is up two pawn and has some nice coordination.. }
I think this is dead even White losses an annoying tempo with the Queen after ..Nd5, but i can't see a way to avoid that. I'd probably play Ne2 at some point and try and exchange it. Other than that it's a pretty standard e4 game with both sides castled. Perfectly playable, but all things considered i'd expect white to get a bit more out of the opening than this...
EDIT: Actually, from the final position in this post. Black needs to be careful. If ..0-0, then Ne2, black might be wise to exchange here as whites knight could head for f5. With no light square bishop to stop this, he'd have to play ..g6 which weakens his kingside. After the knight moves from c3 white has c3/d4 pawn break ideas in the centre. Maybe white does have something here...needs deeper thought than i can give at 5am. 🙂
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. h3 { Anticipating the knight coming to e5, white can try and win a pawn by making sure the bishop is undefended, like so... } Bh5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Qxh5 Nxc4 e, simply because of the bishop pair, but playable for both sides i'm sure...
I like this alternative. I'll keep this one in mind, in case I'm in a similar position.
Originally posted by vivify In this short game where I play as white, my opponent uses a cool trap that I haven't seen before. I'm sure this trap may be old news to a lot of people here, but new to me. I probably would've fallen for it, had I not recently seen a video about the Elephant Trap, which this one was similar to.
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If bxq, then you would fall to Legal's Mate, an old trap.
It was still a helpful blog. I assumed it was a well known trap, but didn't know what it's name was. In GP's blog, I saw some ways Legal's mate could be trouble, even if spotted by the opponent.
30 Oct '12 03:223 edits
One of the coolest traps I've seen
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