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Damiano Defence Trap
A trap for White in the King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense. Black's natural-looking fxe5 gives White a winning attack on the open king.
The moves
How it works
After ...f6, Nxe5! gives the knight. Taking it opens the e8-h5 diagonal: Qh5+ and the king has to walk out.
What it wins
White gets a winning attack on the open king.
How Black avoids it
Taking the knight opens the king: Qh5+ and it has to walk out. Hit the knight with ...Qe7 instead and win back the pawn. The safe move is Qe7.
Practise the Damiano Defense as WhiteThe trainer plays the moves real players at your rating choose, and springs this trap when they do.