Trap · played as Black

King's Gambit: Allgaier Trap

White's Allgaier knight sac 5.Ng5 and 6.Nxf7+ overreaches, after ...Kxf7 Black returns the pawns and keeps a whole piece; the sound 5.Ne5 only draws.

A position this opening is aiming for.

You play
Black
Variations covered
10
What it wins
Wins a piece

The main line

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.d4 d5 8.Bxf4 Bg7

How the trap springs

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.d4 hxg5

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

…and 4 more in the trainer.

Train it

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