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Blackburne–Shilling Trap
Black leaves e5 unguarded with 3...Nd4. If White greedily takes with Nxe5, ...Qg5 attacks the knight and g2, and a greedy continuation ends in a smothered mate on f3.
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How the trap goes
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Nxe5 Qg5 5.Nxf7 Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Nf3#
More lines
Blackburne–Shilling, 5.Bxf7+
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Nxe5 Qg5 5.Bxf7+ Ke7
Blackburne–Shilling, 5.Ng4 d5
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Nxe5 Qg5 5.Ng4 d5
7...Qxe4+ 8.Qe2 Nxe2 9.Bxe2 …
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Nxe5 Qg5 5.Nxf7 Qxg2 6.Nxh8 Qxh1+ 7.Bf1 Qxe4+ 8.Qe2 Nxe2 9.Bxe2 Qxc2
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All 4 lines in this trap
- Blackburne–Shilling, 5.Bxf7+
- Blackburne–Shilling, 5.Ng4 d5
- 7...Qxe4+ 8.Qe2 Nxe2 9.Bxe2 …
- Blackburne–Shilling Trap