Trap · played as Black
Caro-Kann: Fantasy Variation Trap
Against the Fantasy Variation (3.f3), 4...e5! hits the center; White's greedy 5.dxe5?? loses to 5...Qh4+, when 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ or 6.g3 Qxe4+ wins by force.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- Black
- Variations covered
- 12
- What it wins
- Checkmate
The main line
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.dxe5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Kf2 Bc5+ 8.Qd4 Bxd4+
How the trap springs
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.dxe5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Kf2 Bc5+ 8.Qd4 Bxd4+
Traps are only worth knowing if somebody actually falls into them, so each one here was checked against what club players really play, not only against what an engine would.
Some of the variations
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.dxe5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Kf2 Bc5+
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.dxe5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Kf2 Bc5+
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.dxe5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Kf2 Bc5+
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.dxe5 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qxe4+ 7.Qe2 Qxh1
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.dxe5 Qh4+ 6.g3 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Qxh1
- 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.dxe5 Qh4+ 6.Kd2 Qxe4
…and 6 more in the trainer.
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