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Final position — Black is winning

Queen's gambit accepted

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Sajtar–Sliwe)

Black wins in 12 moves with a decisive material gain. (Sajtar - Sliwe, Warsaw 1947)

The moves

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ Nbd7 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.e5 d4 9.Bxc4 dxc3 10.Ng5 Qe7 11.Bxf7+ Kd8 12.Ne6+
1.d4d5
2.c4dxc4
3.Nf3Nf6
4.Qa4+Nbd7
5.Nc3e6
6.e4c5
7.d5exd5
8.e5d4
9.Bxc4dxc3
10.Ng5Qe7
11.Bxf7+Kd8
12.Ne6+

How the Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Sajtar–Sliwe) works

The Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Sajtar–Sliwe) is a classic chess opening trap arising from the Queen's gambit accepted. In this line Black wins decisive material by move 12, punishing a natural-looking but losing idea from White.

The full sequence runs 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ Nbd7 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.e5 d4 9.Bxc4 dxc3 10.Ng5 Qe7 11.Bxf7+ Kd8 12.Ne6+. 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 (Sajtar - Sliwe, Warsaw 1947). Recognising it early lets you either spring it as Black or sidestep it as White.

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