Chess Traps

Quiz 2.3(A)

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.f5 Nf6 6.h3 d5

White to move.

• 7.Nxe5 loses to 7...Nxe4 8.Nf3 Qh4+ (Anyway!) 9.Nxh4 Bf2+ 10.Ke2 Nd4+ 11.Kd3 Nc5 mate
• 7.Bd3, blocking the d-Pawn, is not pretty, but White is still in the game.

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