Play Chess Openings: Latvian Gambit Traps Cavicchi

Monday, January 13, 2020

Latvian Gambit Traps Cavicchi

Francesco Cavicchi pulled off one trap and fell for another trap in these Latvian Gambit games from 2019. A six mover in the notes has Black dropping a queen to a discovered knight check is classic Petroff Defence fashion, despite this being a Latvian. In the main game vs Ernielunod, Cavicchi asks, "Queen trap in the Latvian gambit?" The emphatic answer from the final move 14...Be6 is Yes, siree!

Ernielunod (1870) - Cavicchi (1856), Blitz Game LICHESS, 16.11.2019 begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d6 [Another day Francesco tried 3...Bc5 4.Qe2 d6 5.Nxe5 Bxf5 6.Nxc6+ 1-0. Gambetti-Cavicchi, Blitz 2019] 4.d3 Bxf5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.c3 [7.Nc3=] 7...c6 [7...Nc6=] 8.h3 [8.Na3 Nbd7 9.Nc4 Nd5=] 8...0-0 9.Qb3+ Kh8 10.Qxb7 Nbd7 11.Qxc6? [11.Qb3=] 11...Nc5 12.Qb5 [12.d4 Rc8=/+] 12...Rb8 13.Qc4 Nh5