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Lasker Trap
In the Albin Countergambit, if White plays the natural 4.e3, Black's pawn keeps advancing with ...Bb4+ and ...dxe3. It ends with the rare underpromotion ...fxg1=N+, winning heavy material.
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How the trap goes
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.e3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 dxe3 6.Bxb4 exf2+ 7.Ke2 fxg1=N+
More lines
Lasker Trap, 8.Rxg1
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.e3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 dxe3 6.Bxb4 exf2+ 7.Ke2 fxg1=N+ 8.Rxg1 Bg4+
Lasker Trap, 7.Kxf2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.e3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 dxe3 6.Bxb4 exf2+ 7.Kxf2 Qxd1
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All 3 lines in this trap
- Lasker Trap
- Lasker Trap, 8.Rxg1
- Lasker Trap, 7.Kxf2