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Develop Your Chess Pieces Quickly

Opening Chess Trap 3

1.e4 e5

2.Nc3 Nc6
Quick development of a piece and control of the center.

3.f4
A gambit, offering a pawn, to control the center, and a little bit risky. White could also play 3.Nf3 or 3.Bc4 for quick development of his pieces.

3...Bc5
Black decides to develop quickly rather than take the pawn.

4.Nf3
Or 4.fxe5. Now White attacks the e5 pawn twice.

4...d6
Defending the pawn and making way for the development of the queen bishop.

5.f5
White should probably continue to develop his pieces quickly with 5.Bc4 or 5.Bb5.

5...Nf6
Black continues to develop his pieces quickly, and getting ready to castle early.

6.h3
Preventing 6...Ng4. White should continue his development with 6.Bb5. If 6...Ng4 7.d4 exd4
8.Nxd4 and if 8...Bxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Bxc6 or 10.Qd2 is fine for White.

6...d5
Black now creates weaknesses in White's center by attacking the e4 pawn.

7.Nxe5?
White becomes too greedy. Better is 7.d3 or 7.Bd3 to control the center. If 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 and Black is ahead in development and controls the center.

7...Nxe4
Even 7...Nxe5 8.d4 is good for Black. Black can continue with 8...Nxe4 since 9.dxc5?? or 9.dxe5??
leads to mate after 9...Qh4+. And if 9.Nxe4 Qh4+ 10.Nf2 Bxd4 wins a pawn with complete control of the center and better development.

8.Nf3??
This is supposed to stop the Black Queen from
checking. 8.Nxc6?? leads to mate after 8...Qh4+. 8.Nxe4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qxe4+ wins a piece.

8...Qh4+!
Black can now sacrifice the Queen because he has mate threats with his minor pieces that had been developed quickly.

9.Nxh4
Or 9.Ke2 Qf2+ 10.Kd3 Nb4 mate.

9...Bf2+

10.Ke2 Nd4+

11.Kd3 Nc5 mate.

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