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Final position — Black is winning

Queen's gambit accepted

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Wins a Pawn

Black wins in 8 moves with a decisive material gain. (Blackburne - Fleissig, Vienna 1873)

The moves

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 b5 4.a4 c6 5.e3 Bd7 6.Ne5 a6 7.axb5 cxb5 8.Qf3
1.d4d5
2.c4dxc4
3.Nf3b5
4.a4c6
5.e3Bd7
6.Ne5a6
7.axb5cxb5
8.Qf3

How the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Wins a Pawn works

The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Wins a Pawn is a classic chess opening trap arising from the Queen's gambit accepted. In this line Black wins decisive material by move 8, punishing a natural-looking but losing idea from White.

The full sequence runs 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 b5 4.a4 c6 5.e3 Bd7 6.Ne5 a6 7.axb5 cxb5 8.Qf3. Each move looks reasonable, which is exactly why the trap is so effective over the board — White walks into it while trying to play "normal" developing moves.

This pattern is well known from master and correspondence play (Blackburne - Fleissig, Vienna 1873). Recognising it early lets you either spring it as Black or sidestep it as White.

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