Trap · played as Black
King's Gambit: Salvio Trap
In the Salvio Gambit White's greedy 7.Nxf7 (or any capture on f7/g4) runs into ...Nxf7 and drops a piece; only the retreat 7.d4 and 8.Nd3 holds equality.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- Black
- Variations covered
- 11
- What it wins
- Wins the queen
The main line
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nh6 7.Nxf7 Nxf7 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7
How the trap springs
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nh6 7.Nxf7 Nxf7 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Qxg4 Qxg4
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 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nh6 7.Nxf7 Nxf7
- 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nh6 7.Nxf7 Nxf7
- 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nh6 7.Nxf7 Nxf7
- 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nh6 7.Nxf7 Nxf7
- 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nh6 7.Nxg4 Nxg4
- 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1 Nh6 7.Qe1 Qxe1+
…and 5 more in the trainer.
Train it
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