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Final position — Black is winning

Queen's pawn game

Queen's Pawn Game: Black Queen Trap (Mestrovic–Macic)

Black wins in 6 moves with a decisive material gain. (Mestrovic - Macic, 1968.??.??)

The moves

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bf4 Qxd4 5.Nd5 Qxd1+ 6.Rxd1
1.d4d5
2.Nc3c5
3.e4dxe4
4.Bf4Qxd4
5.Nd5Qxd1+
6.Rxd1

How the Queen's Pawn Game: Black Queen Trap (Mestrovic–Macic) works

The Queen's Pawn Game: Black Queen Trap (Mestrovic–Macic) is a classic chess opening trap arising from the Queen's pawn game. In this line Black wins decisive material by move 6, punishing a natural-looking but losing idea from White.

The full sequence runs 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Bf4 Qxd4 5.Nd5 Qxd1+ 6.Rxd1. 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 (Mestrovic - Macic, 1968.??.??). Recognising it early lets you either spring it as Black or sidestep it as White.

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