Chess Traps

Quiz 3.5(A)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 9.bxc3

Black to move.

• 9...Bxc3 is bad, but the variations are complicated. 10.Ba3 d5 11.Bb5 Bxa1 12.Re1+ Be6 13.Qa4 Rb8 14.Ne5 Qf6 15.Qxa7 Rc8 16.Qxb7 Bxd4 17.Ng4. White can go wrong with 10.Qb3, but Black must avoid 10...Bxa1 (Better is 10...d5 11.Bxd5 O-O 12.Bxf7+ Rxf7 13.Ng5 Be6 14.Qxe6 Qd7 15.Rb1 Qxe6 16.Nxe6 Nxd4) 11.Bxf7+ Kf8 12.Bg5 Ne7 13.Ne5 Bxd4 14.Bg6 d5 15.Qf3+ Bf5 16.Bxf5 Bxe5 17.Be6+ Bf6 18.Bxf6
• 9...d5 stops White's attack cold.

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