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From's Gambit Trap

A trap for Black in the Bird Opening: From's Gambit. White's natural-looking 4.Nc3 gives Black mate.

The moves

How it works

After 3...Bxd6 the queen and bishop both aim at g3. Nc3?? (anything but Nf3) allows ...Qh4+ g3 Qxg3+ hxg3 Bxg3#.

What it wins

Black gets mate.

How White avoids it

Only Nf3 stops ...Qh4+: after anything else it is ...Qh4+ g3 Qxg3+ hxg3 Bxg3#. The safe move is Nf3.

Practise the Bird Opening as BlackThe trainer plays the moves real players at your rating choose, and springs this trap when they do.