Andrew Tang's Deadly Opening Trap

Andrew Tang's Deadly Opening Trap

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Andrew Tang won a bullet match against Minh Le.

These are extremely strong grandmasters in bullet format.  In the final game of their match, Andrew Tang caught his opponent offguard in a opening trap.

Lets see the position after 1d4 d5 2 Bf4 c5 3.e4!?

For sure 3.e3 is more common than 3.e4. Here are stats from my database

You can see that White scores 47.2% on 193 games with 3.e4, yet Black must be prepared to face this unusual move.

The game continued 3..dxe4 4.d5 Nf6 5Nc3 a6 6 Qe2

And on move 6th, Black panicked.

What were the options ?

A) You can play 6..Bg4 

This is what Carlsen chose against Andrew Tang in 2021 ! Andrew is very familiar with this position, a huge advantage in 1 minute game !

B) You can play 6..g6 

Black is fine in this line. Note that Black castled early !

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 Minh Le chose 6..Nd5??  which is the losing move

7.0-0-0! followed

as you can see, Black never got a decent position out of the opening.
Position after 13..Qf6, Black's position is hopeless

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I must say I lost once against the same trick opening move with Black in a bullet game.

My opponent was GM ClassyEl @ClassyEl

I played 5..e6 on which White replied 6.d6 with a nice position for White (38 moves , 1-0)

https://www.chess.com/game/live/3833909102


a tricky line for sure...

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I also missed a chance to turn the tables in the following position later on in that game...

Tactics Puzzle Time

Can you do better than me and find a strong move here ?

Black to play