Trap · played as Black

King's Indian: Sämisch: the ...Nxg3 Shot

In the Samisch, 8.Qd2 Qh4+ 9.g3 invites 9...Nxg3!; the natural 10.hxg3 opens the h-file for 10...Qxh1, winning the rook, and declining still drops the f1-bishop.

A position this opening is aiming for.

You play
Black
Variations covered
11
What it wins
Wins a piece

The main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+

How the trap springs

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Qxh1

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 5 more in the trainer.

Train it

ChessReflex drills the branch points where a line splits rather than making you replay it move by move, so a repertoire this size is a handful of decisions instead of hundreds of moves. Free, and no account needed to start.

Open King's Indian: Sämisch: the ...Nxg3 Shot