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Quick Checkmates
Short games where a player ignores the dangers around their king and is mated early. Learn the patterns - the f7 and e8-h5 weaknesses - so you can use them and avoid them.
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How the trap goes
1.e4 a6 2.Qf3 b6 3.Bc4 c6 4.Qxf7#
More lines
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 h5 …
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 h5 3.d4 f5 4.Be2 fxe4 5.Nxe5 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Bxh5+ Kf8 9.Qg4 fxe5 10.Qf5+ Kg7 11.Qg6+ Kf8 12.Qf7#
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f6 …
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nd4 e5 4.Nf5 g6 5.Nh4 g5 6.Qh5+ Ke7 7.Ng6+ Ke6 8.Bc4+ Kd6 9.Qf3 hxg6 10.Qd3+ Kc5 11.Qd5+ Kb4 12.d4 f5 13.a4 Nh6 14.Ra3 Bg7 15.Rh3 d6 16.Be3 Kxa4 17.b4 Kxb4 18.Nd2 Ka4 19.f3 f4 20.Bf2 b5 21.O-O bxc4 22.Ra1+ Kb4 23.c3+ Kxc3 24.Qxc4+ Kxd2 25.Ra2+ Kd1 26.Qf1#
1.e4 f5 2.Qh5+ g6 …
1.e4 f5 2.Qh5+ g6 3.Be2 gxh5 4.Bxh5#
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All 5 lines in this trap
- 1.e4 a6 2.Qf3 b6 …
- 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 h5 …
- 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f6 …
- 1.e4 f5 2.Qh5+ g6 …
- 1.e4 h5 2.Bc4 f5 …