This is something I'm sure plenty of you have seen before, and I'm sure there's a name for it by now.

This game begins with a very standard opening; white is aggressive, black is more passive-aggressive. With black's king's knight undeveloped, this mate comes pretty easily as most people can't help but take the bait.

 I came across this gambit a little while ago and occasionally the opportunity comes up to take the shot; one player actually took the knight instead of the queen and then said "oh no I can't believe I missed your  queen" haha, so it didnt work out but I was able to recover quite well, anyway.

Congrats, you discovered Legall's mate.  It's an old one that has been talked about a lot.  In fact, it was on the front page last week.

 

It's not exactly a gambit seeing as it results in mate.  A gambit is when you give a pawn or piece with positonal composition or something as the reason.  This is much more of a sacrifice style thing than gambit.

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Congrats, you discovered Legall's mate.  It's an old one that has been talked about a lot.  In fact, it was on the front page last week.

 

It's not exactly a gambit seeing as it results in mate.  A gambit is when you give a pawn or piece with positonal composition or something as the reason.  This is much more of a sacrifice style thing than gambit.

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Yes, well said. I wasn't sure how to describe it, but yeah it's more of a passive sacrafice than a gambit.

 I didn't realize there'd been an article so recently.Well, there ya go. It does work sometimes :)

Just curious what happened when he took your knight instead . Is that the best possible response in the position ?

Cool, I would never think of sacrificing my queen like that.

It is called Legall's Mate.  It is a wonderful proof that the power of the pin is only as strong as your opponent's ability to sustain it.

Who would have advantage if black answer with Nxe5 ?

I am not so sure this Legall˙s mate is clever one to play against equal oponent.

Here is how a game went against a player who took the knight, having forgotton that my queen was now available. He even commented "oh no I can't believe I missed your queen!" ...If only he had taken it. Not saying I played this game very well, but I was still able to win.