Old trick, new fools!

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XandreW

Just want to show a game i played today. Many of you know this trick... 

Summer_Sea_Frog

wow that is funny, he was too greedy

bigpoison

Legall's Mate.  The problem with going for it is that if your opponent doesn't bite on the queen sac. you're in a world of hurt.

Grejv

nice

goldiga

Very nice! An important feature of the legall's mate is black's pawn on d6, never forget! Too bad you didn't show them how I trapped your queen :)

ilikeflags

i could see myself falling for this.  haha

ppeets

as always, fools rush in. i've tried this many times, but have yet to see it work.

ilikeflags

how often do you see 2. -- d6?

ilikeflags

often i guess.  i just saw it.  it's played pretty regularly i guess.  i don't really play this line that often.  

ilikeflags

third most popular move according to chess.com's GM database

VinceyPoo
ilikeflags wrote:

how often do you see 2. -- d6?


i love 2. ... d6. good ole philidor =)