Opening Traps/Puzzles 02

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Hello friends, today I will share three opening traps that may happen in your games. These positions happened in a lot of games in my database with varying results. šŸ˜€

Kotov - Petrosian, 1949

  1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Ne4? White to move and win.

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Milinkovic - Zufic

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Ne2? Black to move and win.

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Reau - Dube

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 d5 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.f4 f6 6.fxe5 fxe5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Bxe5 Black to move and win.

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Solutions in the comments.

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!1. Bxe7 Qxe7 2. Nxd5 wins. Or 1. Bxe7 Kxe7 Nxe4 wins
!1. ...Nde5 wins
!1. ...Qh4+ 2. g3 Qe4 wins