Channel: thechesswebsite

Category: Education

Tags: chess trapchess opening trapqueen trap

Description: The Danish Gambit is filled with attacking lines that can leave black helpless just after the opening. After the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Black now has many options on how they want to continue knowing that white has a board setup that is ready to attack. One option black has is to attack themselves with 5... Qg5. This attacks the weakened g2 pawn but white is not worried. White can play Nf3 and lay a trap. The pawn on g2 is poisoned and if black takes it then the game is surely lost. For more chess traps you can check out thechesswebsite.com/chess-traps