The Marshall Trap is a
chess opening
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in
Petrov's Defence
Petrov's Defence or the Petrov Defence (also called Petroff Defence, Petrov's Game, Russian Defence, or Russian Game ">/nowiki> is a chess opening characterised by the following moves:
:1. e4 e5
:2. Nf3 Nf6
Though this response has a long ...
named after
Frank Marshall.
The trap
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6
:The trap begins with Black playing Petrov's Defence.
3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c4 Bg4 9. cxd5 f5 10. Re1? (see diagram)
:White should play 10.Nc3 instead.
10... Bxh2+!
:An unexpected blow.
11. Kxh2
:If 11.Nxh2, then 11...Bxd1.
11...Nxf2
:Black
forks
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the white
queen
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* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen (band), a British rock band
Queen or QUEEN may also refer to:
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* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Q ...
and
bishop
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, forcing the queen to move.
12. Qe2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qh4+
:Followed by 15...Qxe1 winning the e1-
rook
Rook or rooks may refer to:
Games
*Rook (chess), a piece in chess that moves horizontally and vertically
* Rook (card game), a trick-taking card game
People, characters, individuals
*a rookie, a rook
* Russell Rook, Baron Rook (The Lord Rook; 21 ...
. Black has a winning material advantage.
References
*{{cite book, contribution = Marshall Trap
, title =
The Oxford Companion to Chess
''The Oxford Companion to Chess'' is a reference book on the game of chess written by David Vincent Hooper and Kenneth Whyld. The book is written in an encyclopedia format. The book belongs to the Oxford Companions series.
Details
The first ed ...
, last1 = Hooper , first1 = David
, last2 = Whyld , first2 = Kenneth
, author1-link = David Vincent Hooper
, author2-link = Kenneth Whyld
, year = 1996
, edition = 2nd
, orig-year = First pub. 1992
, publisher =
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books ...
, page = 249
, isbn = 0-19-280049-3
Chess traps