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Lasker Trap

A trap for Black in the Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Lasker Trap. White's natural-looking 6.Bxb4 gives Black a piece, and the queen after ...Bg4+.

The moves

How it works

In the Albin, Bxb4?? lets the pawn run: ...exf2+ and ...fxg1=N+, promoting to a knight with check.

What it wins

Black gets a piece, and the queen after ...Bg4+.

Practise the Queen's Gambit Declined as BlackThe trainer plays the moves real players at your rating choose, and springs this trap when they do.

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