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Noah's Ark Trap
In the Ruy Lopez, if White's queen takes a pawn on d4, Black chases it and traps White's bishop on b3 with ...c5 and ...c4. The bishop is shut in by a line of Black pawns.
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How the trap goes
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qxd4 c5 9.Qd5 Be6 10.Qc6+ Bd7 11.Qd5 c4
More lines
Noah's Ark Trap, Closed Ruy
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Re2 Nc6 16.a3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 exd4
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All 2 lines in this trap
- Noah's Ark Trap
- Noah's Ark Trap, Closed Ruy