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Scandinavian Queen Traps
White's traps when Black's queen grabs the d4 pawn in the Scandinavian (or after 1...Nc6 and ...d5). With Qe2, Be3 and castling long, White hunts the queen: Rd5 can shut her in, and a queen that strays too far gets trapped or loses material with check.
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How the trap goes
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Qxd4 5.Qe2 Bg4 6.f3 Bf5 7.Be3 Qb4 8.O-O-O e6 9.g4 Bg6 10.a3 Qa5 11.Rd5 Qa6 12.Qd1 b5 13.Bxb5 Qb7 14.Nge2 exd5 15.Nd4 Ne7 16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Qxd5
More lines
11.Rd5 exd5 12.Bb6+
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Qxd4 5.Qe2 Bg4 6.f3 Bf5 7.Be3 Qb4 8.O-O-O e6 9.g4 Bg6 10.a3 Qa5 11.Rd5 exd5 12.Bb6+
11.Rd5 Qxc3 12.bxc3 exd5 …
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Qxd4 5.Qe2 Bg4 6.f3 Bf5 7.Be3 Qb4 8.O-O-O e6 9.g4 Bg6 10.a3 Qa5 11.Rd5 Qxc3 12.bxc3 exd5 13.Bf4+
8.O-O-O Nf6 9.g4 Bg6 …
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Qxd4 5.Qe2 Bg4 6.f3 Bf5 7.Be3 Qb4 8.O-O-O Nf6 9.g4 Bg6 10.a3 Qa5 11.g5
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All 24 lines in this trap
- 11.Rd5 Qa6 12.Qd1 b5 …
- 11.Rd5 exd5 12.Bb6+
- 11.Rd5 Qxc3 12.bxc3 exd5 …
- 8.O-O-O Nf6 9.g4 Bg6 …
- 6.f3 Bh5 7.Be3 Qb4 …
- 9.a3 Qh4 10.f4
- 9.a3 Qa5 10.Rd5
- 10.Bxe3 Kd8 11.Nf3
- 10.Bxe3 Nd5 11.O-O-O
- 8.Bd2 Nb4 9.Qe5 Nxc2+ …
- 7.Bf4 Nd5 8.O-O-O
- 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bxe5 Bb4+ …
- 5.Qe2 e5 6.Nf3 Qd6 …
- 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6 …