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Chess traps

Stafford Gambit: Bg5 Trap

Petrov / Stafford Gambit · beginner · set by Black

White pins the knight and gets mated on g4.

After 5.d3 Bc5 6.Bg5?? Black ignores the pin: ...Nxe4! and if Bxd8, Bxf2+ and Bg4 is mate.

Move by move

1. e4: King's pawn.
1... e5: Black answers.
2. Nf3: Knight attacks e5.
2... Nf6: The Petrov.
3. Nxe5: White takes e5.
3... Nc6: The Stafford Gambit: a pawn for fast pieces.
4. Nxc6: White takes the knight.
4... dxc6: Black opens lines for the bishop and queen.
5. d3: Solid.
5... Bc5: The bishop aims at f2.
6. Bg5 (the mistake): The pin... that isn't.
6... Nxe4: Black ignores it and takes e4!
7. Bxd8: White takes the queen.
7... Bxf2+: Check on f2.
8. Ke2: The only move.
8... Bg4#: Checkmate!

Safe instead: Be2, Nc3, Be3

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