Opening trap

Marshall's Petroff Trap

The Petroff punishes White for the automatic-looking Nxe5.

8
bR
bN
bB
bQ
bK
bB
bN
bR
7
bP
bP
bP
bP
bP
bP
bP
bP
6
5
4
3
2
wP
wP
wP
wP
wP
wP
wP
wP
a1
wR
b
wN
c
wB
d
wQ
e
wK
f
wB
g
wN
h
wR
Move 0/12
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All moves
1. e4 e52. Nf3 Nf63. Nxe5 Nc64. Nxc6 dxc65. d3 Bc56. Bg5 Nxe4