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SirNinja
Hint: The queen will have to be sacrificed.
funandniceisme
isn't this Lasker's Trap or something?
johnkorean
This puzzle is ruined by 1... Nxe5. White needs to play 1. h3 first.
1. Nxe5 Nxe5. Now what does White do?
kevchess75
This is a horrible trap Nxe5 protect the bishop and gains a free pieace. Game over for white
II-Oliveira
This is the real thing:
Ok first off white is way more then just a pawn up his developed is much more advanced and he has all the mometum but this is only if black completly slack off in delevopement. Like he move the bishop to one spot and then move him back and then move him up to the horse. That the only way you can achievement that position.
Black can achieve this position without wasting moves retreating any piece. As you may see, the mistake was to make three pawn moves while white was developing:
Llamas17
Why wouldn't black just take the queen?
Due to the checkmate threat white made.
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