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Fishing Pole Trap in the Ruy Lopez

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billwall

I have only had one person play the Fishing Pole variation against me.  National Master Brian Wall (no relation) plays it a lot.  Here is my game against it.

radonato

Great posts

Wou_Rem

Usefull in blitz, outside blitz not so much. No one will fall for the trap unless you play against really non skilled opponents (around FIDE 1000 maybe). The problem I find with the trap is that it doesn't require white to ignore the situation, it requires white to actively achieve the mating position.
But I have used this quite a lot in blitz. And with succes :D It's always satisfying.

powerslave_5th

It's great to play it in blitz, I agree not in a serious game.

llamalord42

The fishing pole isn't all about the trap. Black's positional idea is to play on the kingside dark squares and defend e5. Here's a game of Brian Wall's:

pantherrune
CheckMantis

For the third scenario, I think this is a wrong set of moves starting with Nxd4. Computer shows white ahead the whole way. With the last move Bxf2, Kh1 and white is +4.

MechHand

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Never take the knight Ruy Lopez rule #1