The Würzburger Trap is a chess opening trap in the Vienna Gambit. It was named around 1930 for German banker Max Würzburger.
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5...Qh4+ "initiates 'Würzburger's Trap'." (Korn)
The trap
edit1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4
- White plays the Vienna Gambit.
3... d5
- Thought to be the best reply.
4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3
5... Qh4+?
- Initiating the trap. Black has other choices 5...Bb4 and 5...Nxc3.[2]
6. g3 Nxg3 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Nxd5 Bg4
- 8...Nxh1? 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 leads to advantage for White.[2]
9. Nf4
- White can obtain the better game with 9.Bg2 Nxh1 (9...Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qxe5+ 11.Kd1 Nxh1 12.Bf4 Qxb2 13.Qe4+ +− Hamann–Schvenkrantz, Germany 1965; 10...Qxf3 11.Bxf3 Nxa1 12.Nxc7+ Kd7 13.Nxa8 Bc5 14.Bxh1 Nc6 15.Bf4± Arhangel'skij–Popov, USSR 1958; Larsen)[3] 10.Nxc7+ Kd7 (10...Kd8 11.Nxa8 Nc6 12.d4 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 Qxf3 14.Bxf3 Nxd4 15.Bg5+ Be7 16.Rd1+−; Larsen)[3] 11.Nxa8 Nc6.[2][4]
9... Bxf3 10. Nxh5 Bxd1 11. hxg3 Bxc2?
12. b3
- The black bishop on c2 is trapped; White will win it by playing Kd2 or Rh2 next turn.
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Position after 12.b3. The bishop on c2 is lost.
References
edit- ^ Horowitz (1964), pp. 221–22
- ^ a b c Korn (1982), p. 105
- ^ a b Matanović, Aleksandar, ed. (1981). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. Vol. C (2nd ed.). Yugoslavia: Chess Informant. p. 145.
- ^ Horowitz (1964), p. 222
Bibliography
- Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996). The Oxford Companion to Chess. Oxford University. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
- Horowitz, I. A. (1964). Chess Openings: Theory and Practice. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-20553-6.
- Korn, Walter (1982). Modern Chess Openings (12th ed.). David McKay Company, Inc. ISBN 0-679-13500-6.
Further reading
edit- Kasparov, Gary; Keene, Raymond (1982). Batsford Chess Openings. American Chess Promotions. p. 292. ISBN 0-7134-2112-6.