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ratkins

In a game today, I made the mistake of trying to be clever (which I rarely am and never try) and laid a trap for my young opponent.  I was hoping he would play Rd8 and I have mate in two.  (Instead, he played Bxd5 and I went on to win the endgame.)  

This trap had a fatal error that is utterly obvious now, but for some reason I couldn't see it over the board.  I just played Qd3 to "protect" the knight.  Black to move and win.

tranminhkhoi2

nice.

pawngenius

I got the answer. 

Phelon

Ya I wasn't seeing that either. Maybe from the black side I would have though. I'm not used to employing that as a tactic Laughing.

Volrun

Morphy would have been proud.

manikyamlooser

castling on queen side is the solution