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Chess traps

Kieninger Trap

Budapest Gambit · intermediate · set by Black

White grabs a bishop and gets smothered-mated on d3.

After 6...Qe7 7.a3 Ngxe5! taking the bishop with axb4?? allows ...Nd3#, a smothered mate.

Move by move

1. d4: Queen's pawn.
1... Nf6: Development.
2. c4: Space.
2... e5: The Budapest Gambit.
3. dxe5: White takes.
3... Ng4: The knight goes after e5.
4. Bf4: Defending e5.
4... Nc6: More pressure on e5.
5. Nf3: Defending.
5... Bb4+: Check.
6. Nbd2: Blocking.
6... Qe7: Pressure on e5.
7. a3: Asking the bishop.
7... Ngxe5: Black takes e5, setting the trap.
8. axb4 (the mistake): Greedy: White takes the bishop.
8... Nd3#: Smothered mate! The king is boxed in.

Safe instead: Nxe5, e3

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