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Final position — Black is winning

King's pawn opening

King's Pawn Opening: White Queen Trap #2

Black wins in 10 moves with a decisive material gain. (Traps - Chess Traps - Coach Ali's Madland G Slap from the Borg/Grob reverse - B00 - https://lichess.org/@/gambits2pieces)

The moves

1.e4 g5 2.d4 g4 3.Qxg4 d5 4.Qf3 dxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qh4 Rg8 7.Nf3 Rg4 8.Qh3 Re4+ 9.Be3 Bxh3 10.gxh3
1.e4g5
2.d4g4
3.Qxg4d5
4.Qf3dxe4
5.Qxe4Nf6
6.Qh4Rg8
7.Nf3Rg4
8.Qh3Re4+
9.Be3Bxh3
10.gxh3

How the King's Pawn Opening: White Queen Trap #2 works

The King's Pawn Opening: White Queen Trap #2 is a classic chess opening trap arising from the King's pawn opening. In this line Black wins decisive material by move 10, punishing a natural-looking but losing idea from White.

The full sequence runs 1.e4 g5 2.d4 g4 3.Qxg4 d5 4.Qf3 dxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qh4 Rg8 7.Nf3 Rg4 8.Qh3 Re4+ 9.Be3 Bxh3 10.gxh3. 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 (Traps - Chess Traps - Coach Ali's Madland G Slap from the Borg/Grob reverse - B00 - https://lichess.org/@/gambits2pieces). Recognising it early lets you either spring it as Black or sidestep it as White.

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