Chess Traps

Quiz 10.7(A)

1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.a3 c5 4.b5 d5 5.d4 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qd3 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Bc5 9.Qxg7 Bxf2+ 10.Kd1

Black to move.

• 10...Rf8 is not bad, just unambitious.
• 10...d4 11.Qxh8+ (Better is 11.Nf3 Nxc3+ 12.Bxc3 Qxc3, but after 13.Qxh8+ Ke7 14.Rb1 Nd7 White has problems with the dark squares.) 11...Ke7 12.Qxc8 dxc3 13. Bc1 Nd7 14.Qxa8 Qxb5

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