[Event "21 Traps You Must Know!: Ponziani Opening Trap"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/pWojqPI3/VBsgro7I"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/moe24"] [UTCDate "2021.11.11"] [UTCTime "04:11:49"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/pWojqPI3/VBsgro7I"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 { The black knight takes the e4 thinking it's free, but little does he know this is part of the Ponziani Opening Trap. } 5. d5 Ne7 { Black's knight is getting pushed inward, just as white wants. } 6. Nxe5 d6 { Here's a free pawn for white too. } 7. Bb5+ c6 { Black defends the check. } 8. dxc6 dxe5 { Pawn for knight??? Well, you'll see why. } 9. cxb7+ { Check and forking a bishop and rook, but this trap looks for the checkmate. } 9... Bd7 10. bxa8=Q { 2 queens for white already, and black needs to make effort to stop this. } 10... Qxa8 { [%csl Bd7][%cal Bd1d7] } 11. Qxd7# { Now, checkmate for white! Without black taking a8, a checkmate would come either way. } *