White to Play
Published in Chess Puzzles
A different opening for this famous trap. Usually it’s in the e-pawn openings.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Nf3 Nbd7 (see diagram) 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Ng5+ Kg6 [9...Ke8 10.Ne6; 9...Kf8 10.Ne6+; 9...Kg8 10.Qb3+]10.Qd3+ Kh5 11.Qf5 Nb6 [11...Ng4 12.Ne6+ g5 13.h4 Rf8 14.hxg5+ Nh2 15.Rxh2#] 12.Ne6+ Kh4 13.Qh3#
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