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5...Qh4+ "initiates 'Würzburger's Trap'." (
Korn)
The Würzburger Trap is a
chess opening
trap in the
Vienna Gambit. It was named around 1930 for German banker Max Würzburger.
1. 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
- White also has lines beginning 5.Qf3 (
Steinitz) and 5.Nf3, but neither achieves an advantage.
[1]
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?
- Black tries to win a
pawn, but instead loses a
piece.
12. b3
- The black
bishop on c2 is trapped; White will win it by playing Kd2 next turn.
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Position after 12.b3. The bishop on c2 is lost.
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