Chess Traps

Quiz 7.5(A)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.cxd4

Black to move.

• 9...Nxd4 loses to 10.Nxd4 Qc3+ 11.Qd2 Qxa1 12.c3 and 13.Nb3
• 9...Nge7 develops the Knight to a natural square.

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