I need to have a whole new set of ideas if I want to win my games!
perrypawnpusher - NN
blitz 10 0, FICS, 2010
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f6
No Jerome Gambit today.
4. d4 d6
Seriously: no Jerome.
5. O-O Bg4
Pinning my Knight. I get it, I get it: no Jerome.
6. dxe5 fxe5 7. Nc3
7...Nd4
Punishing me, on top of everything else, for my mis-placed Bishop on c4.
Clearly my opponent – whose name I have omitted for fairness' sake – is not a regular reader of this blog, or he would know how riled up I get when facing ...Nc6-d4.
8. Nxe5 Bxd1
Goodbye, Queen.
9. Bf7+ Ke7 10. Nd5 checkmate
Goodbye, King.
This well-known opening trap is credited to the French player M. de Kermar, Sire de Légall (1702-1792). It also is sometimes called the Blackburne Trap, since the English player Joseph Blackburne (1859-1951) used to catch so many players in it! It can arise in a number of different move orders, and it's one of those traps you need to be aware of so you don't fall victim to your own greed! Learn to recognize the pattern you see in the following examples.
The rest of David Surratt's article on Légall's Mate is at Chessville.
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