Legall's Mate

Sort:
Avatar of Wilio

Yeah it's a common trap, and result as a shameful lost for the opponent. Still, nice mate.

Avatar of Scarblac

It's not that awesome, since simply 5...Nxe5 would have won for Black. White made a blunder that happened to be a superficial trap, and Black fell for it.

Avatar of MadnessRed

I am fairly sure that white intened for black to take the queen when he made that move. The factthat he knew the next three moves implies that he already knows lemalls so would be intending to do that.

Avatar of Ramesis

At first seems pretty auseome but actually as Scarblac said 5...Nxe5 wins easily for black

Avatar of peperoniebabie

This only works if the queen's knight hasn't been developed yet. Careful!

Avatar of ADK

This trap is very handy for blitz games. : )

ADK

Avatar of mottsauce

kings knight cannot be developed either, of course.
Obviously, Nxe4 wins for black.  I should have noted that. Apologies.