Final position — White is winning
Queen's Pawn Game: White Queen Trap (Gedult–Zweigberg)
White wins in 10 moves with a decisive material gain. (Gedult - Zweigberg, Paris 1971)
The moves
| 1. | d4 | d5 |
| 2. | e4 | dxe4 |
| 3. | Nc3 | Nf6 |
| 4. | f3 | c5 |
| 5. | Bf4 | cxd4 |
| 6. | Nb5 | Nd5 |
| 7. | Bxb8 | Ne3 |
| 8. | Nc7+ | Qxc7 |
| 9. | Bxc7 | Nxd1 |
| 10. | Rxd1 |
How the Queen's Pawn Game: White Queen Trap (Gedult–Zweigberg) works
The Queen's Pawn Game: White Queen Trap (Gedult–Zweigberg) is a classic chess opening trap arising from the Queen's pawn game. In this line White wins decisive material by move 10, punishing a natural-looking but losing idea from Black.
The full sequence runs 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 c5 5.Bf4 cxd4 6.Nb5 Nd5 7.Bxb8 Ne3 8.Nc7+ Qxc7 9.Bxc7 Nxd1 10.Rxd1. Each move looks reasonable, which is exactly why the trap is so effective over the board — Black walks into it while trying to play "normal" developing moves.
This pattern is well known from master and correspondence play (Gedult - Zweigberg, Paris 1971). Recognising it early lets you either spring it as White or sidestep it as Black.
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