Légal's Trap and Mate

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davidccox

Below is a game I recently played illustrating a textbook example of the Légal (or Blackburne) Trap.

This game is actually very similar to a game Légal is said to have played in 1750 against Saint Brie in Paris:


 
Vitaliy_Chess
Thanks for sharing!

That's a great trap. When I saw the white knight move away and expose the queen, I immediately questioned that move, thinking that this is a trap for the benefit of black. Had I played black, I would have fallen for this hook, line, and sinker.

I'm adding this to my repertoire of traps.
davidccox

Vitaliy_Chess wrote:

Thanks for sharing!

That's a great trap. When I saw the white knight move away and expose the queen, I immediately questioned that move, thinking that this is a trap for the benefit of black. Had I played black, I would have fallen for this hook, line, and sinker.

I'm adding this to my repertoire of traps.

Thanks. A more likely move (based on other examples I've looked at) instead of 3. ...h6 is 3. ...Nc6. The trap still works, however, as long as d8 is blocked by the Queen and d5 is left undefended. The nice thing about this trap is it's so short a beginner like me can memorize a few examples of it pretty quickly.

Robert_New_Alekhine

Some other variations of this trap to mull over. 

Ziryab

I've accomplished this checkmate several times (see http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2015/12/checkmate-patterns.html). Here's the most recent.

 I've also played Robert's variation perhaps twenty times with an 80%+ score. 

LordFabiusMaximus

Who is this Saint Brie?

nw9510

if Nc6 before Bg4 it's cant be a trap if he camptur kn

 

nw9510

 i use this trp whene i play king cambit