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Ouch, but couldn't black just capture the knight with his pawn instead of taking the queen?
That's main moral of the puzzle. If somebody gives you queen for free - FIRST CHECK ALL THE VARIANTS!!!! And then take knight with pawn.
sort of a reminder. seldom meet this position today. thanks.
TBOL3 wrote: Ouch, but couldn't black just capture the knight with his pawn instead of taking the queen?
That would have been a better choice for black than getting checkmated immediately. White then regains his piece by Qxg4 leaving white up a pawn. So Nxd5 is the correct move for white to start the puzzle.
Very nice.
I can't remember where I ran across this. I remember reading that white is supposed to have a winning advantage even if black declines the queen as he will be up a pawn with a solid position. I have been able to use this in actual play twice.
I haven't seen this position but three or four times outside a book. I believe it is called the Legal's Trap.
I love this style for bughouse. It is seen a lot in bughouse/crazyhouse, since White usually sacs a bishop for the f pawn, then uses the knight and drops pawns.
