21... Rxf4 {Let's see if we can make something of luring the Q far from her friends.} 22. Qxb7 Ne5 {Taking away c6.} 23. h3 {Misses the threat. Rhf1 was required.} 23... Rb8 24. Qa7 Rf7 {Black resigns.} *
[White "BlueBoy2"] [Black "BigDoggProblem"] 1. d4 e5 { See how Gambit Fantasy has screwed up my openings?!} 2. e4 { I have noticed that 1.d4 players decline this gambit more often than not.} exd4 3. Qd1xd4 Nb8c6 4. Qd4e3 Bf8b4 5. c3 Bb4a5 6. Bf1c4 Ng8e7 {Let's get castled w/o that e-pawn bugging my N.} 7. Qe3f3 Nc6e5 {The cheap threat gets what it deserves.} 8. Qf3e2 O-O {I was going to chop the Bishop but lately I'm trying to focus more on development.} 9. Bc4b3 {Besides, look at all those moves white is using up worrying about him!} d5 {Because 10.ed Nd5 11.Qe5 Re8 would be a bad thing for white.} 10. Ng1f3 Bc8g4 11. Nb1d2 dxe4 12. Qe2xe4 Ne5d3 {White begins to pay for his sins. The K is disrupted and forced to seal in his own Rh1.} 13. Ke1f1 Bg4f5 14. Qe4xb7 Nd3c5 {There is only one square left for her now.} 15. Qb7b5 Bf5d3 {Erm, zero squares. White resigned.}
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qc7 6. O-O Qxc2 {A disaster of a pawn steal.} 7. Nc3 {Black resigned. The White Queen is trapped, with either Ba4 or Bd3 or Nd1.}
Not one of my games sadly, this is between burningbush and Rogerbr from the middle of last year. I added a couple of moves to the end of the game to show what would happen if white tried to recapture the queen:
1. e4 e5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. Bf1c4 Bf8c5 4. Nb1c3 {I feel that the laws of chess should be altered so that Captain Evan's gambit is made compulsory on this move} Ng8f6 5. d3 d6 6. Bc1g5 h6 7. Bg5h4 Bc8e6 8. Bc4xe6 fxe6 9. Nc3a4 Bc5b6 10. O-O Bb6a5 11. c3 b5 12. b4 Ba5b6 13. Na4b2 a5 14. a3 g5 15. Nf3xg5 {This can't be right, white sacrifices a piece for some pawns which opens lines to his king for black's major pieces.} hxg5 16. Bh4xg5 Ke8d7 17. c4 axb4 18. cxb5 Nc6d4 19. a4 Qd8f8 20. Nb2c4 Bb6c5 21. Kg1h1 {I don't understand this move, white can hardly want to play f4. Instead 21. Rc1 threatens 22. Nxe5+ dxe5 23. Rxc5} Nf6h5 22. Bg5e3 Qf8g7 23. Be3xd4 {Probably with the intention of freeing the e3 for the knight, but it also opens a line for the bishop which will turn out to be important.} Bc5xd4 24. Ra1b1 {I feel this rook still belongs on c1 or a2 where it can help shore up the kingside.} Ra8g8 25. Qd1f3 Rg8f8 26. Qf3h3 Nh5g3 {Excellent move, this traps the queen} 27. Qh3xg3 Qg7xg3 {White resigned here as the queen cannot be recaptured - I've added what happens if it is because it's clever} 28. fxg3 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 {Forced as the bishop covers g1} Rh8 {Beautiful} 0-1
Originally posted by DeepThought Not one of my games sadly, this is between burningbush and Rogerbr from the middle of last year. I added a couple of moves to the end of the game to show what would happen if white tried to recapture the queen:[pgn][Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[EndDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "burnin ...[text shortened]... e it's clever} 28. fxg3 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 {Forced as the bishop covers g1} Rh8 {Beautiful} 0-1[/pgn]
With hindsight the trade was a blunder, but I think white was frightened of the passed b pawn which is why the rook went to b1
Originally posted by venda I suppose you could call this a queen trap as my opponent resigned after losing her
I think of "Queen trap" as meaning that the Queen is under attack and has no safe squares to run to. I would think GP's 2nd example does not qualify, nor does yours. GP's first example is what I had in mind.
Originally posted by DeepThought Not one of my games sadly, this is between burningbush and Rogerbr from the middle of last year. I added a couple of moves to the end of the game to show what would happen if white tried to recapture the queen:[pgn][Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[EndDate "2015.07.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "burnin ...[text shortened]... e it's clever} 28. fxg3 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 {Forced as the bishop covers g1} Rh8 {Beautiful} 0-1[/pgn]
Not really a Q trap, but still a spectacular finish.
Maybe I should just open the thread for spectacular wins of any type. 😵
Originally posted by venda With hindsight the trade was a blunder, but I think white was frightened of the passed b pawn which is why the rook went to b1
The queen's covering b3 so there's no need, white needs some counterplay so with the c-file half-open and black's c-pawn backwards, I'd be looking to put the rook on c1 the queen on c2 and maybe sacrifice the knight to try to smash my way into black's position.
Originally posted by BigDoggProblem I think of "Queen trap" as meaning that the Queen is under attack and has no safe squares to run to. I would think GP's 2nd example does not qualify, nor does yours. GP's first example is what I had in mind.
Originally posted by BigDoggProblem Not really a Q trap, but still a spectacular finish.
Maybe I should just open the thread for spectacular wins of any type. 😵
So you want positions where the queen is in checkmate so to speak - does this include pins, because I've no end of games that went 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qc6 4. Bb5...