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Rubinstein Trap
In the Queen's Gambit Declined, White plays Nxd5! when Black's pieces are badly placed. If Black takes back with ...cxd5, Bc7 traps Black's queen on d8; Black can refuse the knight, but then simply loses a pawn.
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How the trap goes
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1 Re8 8.Qc2 a6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c6 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bf4 f5 13.Nxd5
More lines
Rubinstein Trap, ...Nh5 version
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.O-O Re8 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Nxd5
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All 2 lines in this trap
- Rubinstein Trap
- Rubinstein Trap, ...Nh5 version