Tarrasch trap
The Tarrasch Trap (more rarely also Dresden Trap ) is an opening trap in the Steinitz defense of the Spanish game. It goes back to the chess master and theoretician Siegbert Tarrasch , who analyzed it in 1891 and used it for the first time in a game against Georg Marco at the Dresden tournament in 1892 .
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Position after 7. Rf1 – e1!
- 1. e2 – e4 e7 – e5 2. Ng1 – f3 Nb8 – c6 3. Bf1 – b5 d7 – d6 4. d2 – d4 Bc8 – d7 5. Nb1 – c3 Ng8 – f6 6. 0–0 Bf8 – e7
6.… Nc6xd4 happened in the Ukrainian Immortals .
- 7. Rf1 – e1!
An innovation by Tarrasch compared to the 7th Bc1 – g5 that was usual at the time. Marco does not recognize the associated threat.
- 7.… 0–0?
7.… e5xd4 was forced. 8. Nf3xd4 results in one of the main variants of the Steinitz defense .
- 8. Bb5xc6 Bd7xc6 9. d4xe5 d6xe5 10. Qd1xd8 Ra8xd8 11. Nf3xe5
Here it was best for Black to come to terms with losing a pawn. The alternative leads to greater material loss.
- 11.… Bc6xe4? 12. Nc3xe4 Nf6xe4
Although the knight cannot be taken because of Rd1 + and mate at the moment, White has a profitable continuation.
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Position after 18. c4
- 13. Ne5 – d3!
Now the way for the black rook to the back row is blocked, and Ne4 and Be7 are impaled . Black can still protect the knight for the time being.
- 13.… f7 – f5 14. f2 – f3 Be7 – c5 +
14.… Be7 – h4 15. g2 – g3 Ne4xg3 16. h2xg3 Bh4xg3 17. Re1 – e3 and Black has lost a knight to two pawns.
- 15. Nd3xc5
15. Kg1 – f1 Bc5 – b6, on the other hand, does not bring anything, as Black wins the piece back after 16. f3xe4 f5xe4 +.
- 15.… Ne4xc5 16. Bc1 – g5 Rd8 – d5 17. Bg5 – e7 Rf8 – e8 18. c2 – c4
But now the knight or (after 18.… Re8xe7) the quality is lost. After 18.… Nc5 – d3 19. c4xd5 Nd3xe1 20. Ra1xe1 Kg8 – f7 can unleash 21. Be7 – b4. Black therefore gave up.
Black would have
- 10.… Rf8xd8 can deviate. This would prevent the fork 17. Bg5 – e7 made in the above variant and thus avoid material loss for Black. But then White first follows the same continuation:
- 11.Nf3xe5 Bc6xe4? 12. Nc3xe4 Nf6xe4 13. Ne5 – d3! f7-f5 14. f2-f3 Be7-c5 +
Here white gives way
- 15. Kg1 – f1 from, and the double attack on the knight e4 and the bishop c5 costs Black a piece (after 15.… Rd8 – f8 with the preventive move 16. Kf1 – e2!), Or (after 15.… Rd8xd3) the quality.
This trap has already been realized in more than 50 tournament games.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schach-Zeitung, July 2009, p. 35 View in docplayer.org