Simple Tactical Motifs

This thread might fail by being to simple but here goes 🙂

I want a thread for simple opening tactics - here are 3 to start with, they rarely get played but the threat of them affects the way I play openings. please add more 🙂 🙂

1 Loss of Queen

Why the Queen's Gambit isn't a gambit.

I've never heard #3 called Marshall's Mate. I've always heard it called Légal's Mate.

Great idea for a thread. This is another more direct version of your second example...

Originally posted by hedonist
Why the Queen's Gambit isn't a gambit.

[pgn]1. d4 d5 2. c4 d5xc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 c6 5. a4xb5 c6xb5 Qf3{The Rook is lost}[/pgn]

The Fritz Attack - have won quite a few games with this

2 common ones in the Pirc.

Damiano's Defense

Originally posted by SwissGambit
Damiano's Defense

[pgn]
[Event "Edited game"]
[Date "2013.09.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 fxe5 { ?? 3...Qe7 is the only sane move. } 4. Qh5+ { ...g6 Qxe5+ and bye bye Rh8. } 4... Ke7 5. Qxe5+ Kf7 6. Bc4+ Kg6 7. Qf5+ Kh6 8. d4+ g5 9. h4 { and if black escapes this alive, he's a defensive miracle-worker. }
[/pgn]

Hi SG.

The second one with the Pawn Fork Trick in the Pirc.
You need to go further, in some cases further than some books on the Pirc do.

here after 6...Nxe4


A common reply is 7.Bxf7+ we have both been on the Black side of this on here.
One of yours is Game 6971092 and mine is Game 5382472

After 7...Rxf7 8.Nxe4


Black must pause for 8...h6 to stop the awkward Ng5 (as we both did.)
Now it's now theory, I recall back in the early days is was not mentioned and
stopped where you did.

I hit on 8...h6 after getting walloped OTB because I left it out.

Even with 8...h6 played there is still work to be done, though Black does
have the easier task, but even with h6 White has wins here and OTB.

Good thread, I've seen nothing new but keep up the good work, someone
will use an idea. These tricks and traps are older than God's dog but they
still catch people out.

chris...in your first example you showed Qe7..dumb move..how about Be7

Originally posted by Dr Boskonovitch
chris...in your first example you showed Qe7..dumb move..how about Be7

Here's a simple trick

tres bien Robbie!

An early fork for black.