Final position — White is winning
Queen's Pawn Opening: Wins a Piece (Gibaud–Lazard)
White wins in 5 moves with a decisive material gain. (Gibaud - Lazard, Paris 1924)
The moves
| 1. | d4 | Nf6 |
| 2. | Nd2 | e5 |
| 3. | dxe5 | Ng4 |
| 4. | h3 | Ne3 |
| 5. | fxe3 | Qh4+ |
How the Queen's Pawn Opening: Wins a Piece (Gibaud–Lazard) works
The Queen's Pawn Opening: Wins a Piece (Gibaud–Lazard) is a classic chess opening trap arising from the Queen's Pawn Opening. In this line White wins decisive material by move 5, punishing a natural-looking but losing idea from Black.
The full sequence runs 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.h3 Ne3 5.fxe3 Qh4#. 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 (Gibaud - Lazard, Paris 1924). Recognising it early lets you either spring it as White or sidestep it as Black.
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