Chess

Created: April 15, 2022

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Fishing Pole Trap

The Fishing Pole Trap is a trap used by black against white. It happens when white castles after the Berlin Defense to the Ruy Lopez.

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question: What does white have to here for the fishing pole trap to be applicable??

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answer: Castle.

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question: From this position, how do you carry out the fishing pole trap??

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answer: Ng4

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question: Once white has pushed their pawn to threaten your knight, what should you do??


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answer: Push your f-pawn.

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question: What does white have to do here for it to be mate in 4 via the fishing pole trap??

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answer: Retreat their knight.

Scholar’s Mate

Scholar’s Mate is a 4 move checkmate used a lot at beginner levels of chess. The aim is to threaten black’s f-pawn with a bishop and the queen.

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question: White here is going for a Scholar's mate. What is the best move to make to refute it??

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answer: Push forward the g-pawn.

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question: White has retreated from the advancing g-pawn to f3, still putting pressure on your f-pawn for a Scholar's mate. What's the best response here??

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answer: Nf6

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question: What's black's best response here after white is still aiming for Scholar's mate??

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answer: Nd4

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question: What's black's best response here after white takes the f-pawn??

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answer: Ke7

front: RN1K1BNR/PPP1PPPP/8/3PnQ2/3p4/1pn5/p1Bkpppp/r1b1qb1r
question: What sequence of moves here wins a bishop??

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question: b5, Qd3 Kf7


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