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Final position — White is winning

Queen's gambit accepted

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Green–Varley)

White wins in 9 moves with a decisive material gain. (Green - Varley, Internet 1996)

The moves

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 exd4 6.Qb3 Be7 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Ne5 Bc8 9.Bxg8
1.d4d5
2.c4dxc4
3.e4e5
4.Nf3Bg4
5.Bxc4exd4
6.Qb3Be7
7.Bxf7+Kf8
8.Ne5Bc8
9.Bxg8

How the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Green–Varley) works

The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Green–Varley) is a classic chess opening trap arising from the Queen's gambit accepted. In this line White wins decisive material by move 9, punishing a natural-looking but losing idea from Black.

The full sequence runs 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 exd4 6.Qb3 Be7 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Ne5 Bc8 9.Bxg8. 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 (Green - Varley, Internet 1996). Recognising it early lets you either spring it as White or sidestep it as Black.

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