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Final position — Black is winning

King's pawn game

Hungarian/Benima Defense [Be7]

Black wins in 9 moves with a decisive material gain. (Scotch Gambit - Crush your opponent! - 📙 Hungarian/Benima Defense [Be7] - Theory 💡 - C44 - https://lichess.org/@/BZ333)

The moves

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Be7 5.c3 dxc3 6.Qd5 Nh6 7.Bxh6 O-O 8.Nxc3 gxh6 9.O-O
1.e4e5
2.Nf3Nc6
3.d4exd4
4.Bc4Be7
5.c3dxc3
6.Qd5Nh6
7.Bxh6O-O
8.Nxc3gxh6
9.O-O

How the Hungarian/Benima Defense [Be7] works

The Hungarian/Benima Defense [Be7] is a classic chess opening trap arising from the King's pawn game. In this line Black wins decisive material by move 9, punishing a natural-looking but losing idea from White.

The full sequence runs 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Be7 5.c3 dxc3 6.Qd5 Nh6 7.Bxh6 O-O 8.Nxc3 gxh6 9.O-O. 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 (Scotch Gambit - Crush your opponent! - 📙 Hungarian/Benima Defense [Be7] - Theory 💡 - C44 - https://lichess.org/@/BZ333). Recognising it early lets you either spring it as Black or sidestep it as White.

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