Trap · played as White
Scandinavian: the g4 Bishop Hunt
After 5...Bg4 6.h3 Bh5, White plays 7.g4, and Black's natural-looking 7...Nxg4?? sacrifice is unsound: 8.hxg4 Bxg4 leaves Black a piece down for two pawns with no attack. 7...Bg6 is the move.
A position this opening is aiming for.
- You play
- White
- Variations covered
- 12
- What it wins
- Wins the queen
The main line
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Nxg4 8.hxg4 Bxg4
How the trap springs
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Nxg4 8.hxg4 Qxa2 9.Rxa2 Bxg4 10.Bb5+
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 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Nxg4
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Nxg4
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Nxg4
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Nxg4
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Nxg4
- 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6
…and 6 more in the trainer.
Train it
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