Chess Traps

Quiz 1.6(A)

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 (4.d4 is also good) 4...Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 (5...Bh5 is better) 6.Qxf3 Nc6 7.Bb5

Black to move.

• 7...Qb6 loses to 8.Nd5 Qa5 9.b4
• 7...Rd8 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Qxc6+ Rd7 avoids immediate disaster, but Black is losing.

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