Edit: (I've just noticed the first post by the creator of this
thread has been removed...It now looks odd...a game was posted
showing a high rated player falling for Legal's mate...It has been removed.
I've no idea why but it has gone.....Hope that makes sense of Yashin's post.)
Hi Yashin.
I'm sure I covered Legal's Mate.
(A mating trick/trap named after the French player
Kermur Sire De Legal who caught a player with this in Paris 1750.)
I can remember mentioning
Game 217237 and
Game 228160
where the same Black player Carlitos falls for it twice.
I can lay my hands on 33 examples of Legal's One Step.
Thomaz - Zorin RHP 2005
Black has played BxQ white mates in one with Bxf7.
Over 130 with Legal's Two Step.
Eight - Luck RHP 2003
Black has played BxQ. White mates in two with Bxf7+ and Nd5.
Indosmart
User 390621 has pulled off the Legal Two Step 7 times including this from 2007
[Event "October 2007 One-Zero Grand IV"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Indosmart"]
[Black "crashnburn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nc3 Nd4 6. Nxe5 Bxd1 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8.Nd5
However...He fell for it himself one year later in 2008.
From this I deduce that we only learn from our losses
and learn nothing from our wins.
An instructive miniature this one.
[Event "Clan challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "zhurukhin"]
[Black "Indosmart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 {Black is going for the Shilling Trap. White ignores the e-apwn and develops a piece.} 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 h6 {White now plays a move inviting the very tempting Bg4. Black cannot resist it. A pure trap. If Black does not fall for it then the weakening move 6.g3 could return to haunt White. } 6. g3 Bg4 {"My My My", said the spider to the fly...} 7. Nxe5 Bxd1 8.Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Nd5