Final position — White is winning
King's Pawn Game: Opening Trap #4
White wins in 7 moves with a decisive material gain. (Scotch Gambit - Crush your opponent! - 📔 Secondary Variation [d6] - Theory 💡 - C44 - https://lichess.org/@/BZ333)
The moves
| 1. | e4 | e5 |
| 2. | Nf3 | Nc6 |
| 3. | d4 | exd4 |
| 4. | Bc4 | d6 |
| 5. | Nxd4 | Nf6 |
| 6. | Nc3 | Be7 |
| 7. | O-O | O-O |
How the King's Pawn Game: Opening Trap #4 works
The King's Pawn Game: Opening Trap #4 is a classic chess opening trap arising from the King's pawn game. In this line White wins decisive material by move 7, punishing a natural-looking but losing idea from Black.
The full sequence runs 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O O-O. Each move looks reasonable, which is exactly why the trap is so effective over the board — Black 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! - 📔 Secondary Variation [d6] - Theory 💡 - C44 - https://lichess.org/@/BZ333). Recognising it early lets you either spring it as White or sidestep it as Black.
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