Chess Traps

Quiz 7.7(A)

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be2 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 Nb6 8. O-O

Black to move.

• 8...Qxd4 9.Rd1 Qh4 10.Bg5 Qxg5 11.Rd8+ is followed by a family fork on f7. Note that 8...e6 loses to 9.Qf3.
• 8...N8d7 threatens to exchange the powerful White Knight on e5.

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