Chessmate

Trap Lines · White

Legal Trap: The Queen Can Wait (C50)

Claim the center and open the diagonal for the bishop that will attack `f7`.

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Trap Lines · BlackDifficulty 2/3

Black repertoire · ECO A00–E92

Sample line with full explanations: Siberian Trap: Deflect the Knight, Mate on h2.

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ECO A48–D20

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  1. Scholar's Mate: Double Up on f7

    1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qh5 Nf6 4. Qxf7#

  2. Legal Trap: The Queen Can WaitSample

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nxe5 Bxd1 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Nd5#

  3. Réti's Mate: Double Check, Bishop Mate

    1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qd3 e5 6. dxe5 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxe5 8. O-O-O Nxe4 9. Qd8+ Kxd8 10. Bg5+ Kc7 11. Bd8#

  4. King's Indian Setup: Immediate e5

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 Nh5 8. Nd5 Nxf4 9. Nxc7+ Kf8 10. Rd8#

  5. Damiano Punishment: Fork King and Rook

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 fxe5 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxh8

  6. Two Knights Defense, ...h6 Blunder

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 h6 5. Nxf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8

  7. Open Giuoco, Optional 6.e5 vs ...Nh5

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Nh5 7. Ng5 O-O 8. Qxh5

  8. Fried Liver Attack

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Ncb4 9. O-O c6 10. d4

  9. Poisoned Pawn: Queen Chase

    1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Nb5 Na6 6. Rb1 Qxa2 7. Ra1 Qb2 8. Rxa6 bxa6 9. Nc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8

  10. Old Variation, Pawn-Holding Trap

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Qf3 Nc6 7. Qxc6+ Bd7 8. Qf3

  11. Central Variation, McDonnell Defense, Qxh8

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Ne5 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qxh8

  12. Central Variation, Greco Defense, Rxa8

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 a6 7. Nxb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bb7 9. Ra2

  13. Hungarian Defense, Optional c3 Trap

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 dxc3 6. Qd5 Nh6 7. Bxh6 O-O 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Nxc3

  14. Italian Game, Greedy ...Qxe4 Trap

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Qe7 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Qxe4 6. Re1 Qxe1+ 7. Qxe1+

  15. Tennison ICBM: Sacrifice Twice, Take the Queen

    1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 dxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bg6+ Kxg6 8. Qxd8

  16. Halosar Trap: Leave the Queen, Mate on c7

    1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Qxd4 6. Be3 Qb4 7. O-O-O Bg4 8. Nb5 Bxf3 9. Nxc7#

  17. Würzburger Trap: Cage the Bishop

    1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Qh4+ 6. g3 Nxg3 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nxd5 Bg4 9. Nf4 Bxf3 10. Nxh5 Bxd1 11. hxg3 Bxc2 12. b3

  18. Danish Gambit: Bishops Break Through

    1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Nf6 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. fxg7 Bxg7 10. Bxg7 Rg8 11. Bf6+