Chess Traps

Quiz 3.7(A)

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Nc3 (5.Be2 is better) 5...Bxf3 6.Nxd5 Bxd1 7.Nxc7+ Kd7 8.Nxa8 Bxc2 9.Bf4 e5 10.dxe5 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 (11.Bd2 is more natural) 11...Nge7

White to move.

• 12.e6+, trying to extricate the Knight, loses to 12...fxe6 13.Nc7 Nd4+ 14.Ke3 Nef5 mate
• After 12.Be3 Rxa8 White is still in the game.

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