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ANNOTATED GAME
French Defense Opening Trap
dmaestro (1583) vs. NN (1600)
Annotated by: dmaestro
(1647)
Chess opening: French (C03), Tarrasch
dmaestro (1583) vs. NN (1600)
Annotated by: dmaestro
(1647)
Chess opening: French (C03), Tarrasch
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Nice opening trap in the French. | |
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nf3 |
So far a book line, with a slight edge for White because Black has ceded the center to some extent. |
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7... b6 |
Black needs to get the Bishop out, but has to be very careful of tactics. |
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8. Ne5 |
A strong response. If Black takes the N, White controls e5. |
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8... Bb7 |
?? This natural looking move loses outright. Black has fallen into a subtle opening trap. So how does White win? |
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9. Nxf7 |
Nxf7! |
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9... Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Ke8 11. Nxe6 Qc8 |
Black must protect the Q |
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12. Nxg7+ Kf7 13. Qe6+ |
! A strong response. Black has bad choices. |
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13... Kxg7 |
This loses, but so does ... Kf8 Bh6! |
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14. Qxe7+ Kg8 15. Bc4+ |
Bh6 wins the Q since that is the only way to stop mate, but this is even stronger, forcing mate. |
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15... Bd5 16. Bxd5+ Nxd5 17. Qe6+ |
Now the Black K has to go to either f8 or g7. |
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17... Kg7 18. Bh6# |
Checkmate. |
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