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What is the name of this trap?

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grant_obama
Sep 18, 2011
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WindowsEnthusiast
Sep 18, 2011
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I don't know the name, but Bruce Pandolfini mentioned a similar trap in a book on such opening traps. White, in fact, loses a whole rook and pawn for nothing, since taking the knight actually loses to ...Qxg3 mate!