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A Nasty Trap against 1.d4

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southpawsam

I founf this trap while playing through some games in the Budapest Gambit (no, it is not the mate in 8)

I love playing this against unsuspecting d4-players

Any comments

Agent-Carlos-1470

I like it. But is there a way for white to defend? For example, couldn't white play 5.f3 and just get rid of that pesky doubled e file white pawn on e5 (that has to be passively defended? Couldn't white also play 4.f4 instead of 4.Bf4 to discourage black from capturing the pawn with pieces? White doesn't have to fall into that trap.

Have a happy new years day.

jhan17
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pauix

Change white's eight move for Be3 and then you can get the rook out and move King to g1, but as said, nothing defends better than Qe2.

southpawsam

I think 8.Qd2 is the best, but don't tell my opponents Wink

cbgirardo

I think 4...Bb4+ is also a good try, as 5.Nc3 throws away any chance for positional advantage. This looks good too, though. However, the Nxf2 idea is not hard to find in a standard game, so its practical applications are mostly limited to blitz.

akshathathippur

8.Qd2 can be played instead of Nc3

Kriptac

That's a neat trick.

SolidKnight5
Inyustisia

@solidknight black still can mess up things a bit with Bb4+, white will still get Nc7 in after k-something but its a kinda weird position. but of course if white just doesn't fall for it then white is clearly better