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Chess Opening Trap #5: French Defense Advance Variation – Apparent Blunder?

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[pgn_compat]
[Event “?”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “????.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “French Defense”]
[Black “Apparent Blunder?”]
[Result “*”]
[ECO “C02”]
[Annotator “Waldemar Moes, Better Your Chess!”]
[PlyCount “38”]
[EventDate “2018.10.20”]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 $5 (5… Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7.
cxd4 Nxd4 $4 (7… Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. Nc3 a6 11. Qe2) 8. Nxd4
Qxd4 $4 9. Bb5+) 6. a3 f6 $5 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. b4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Rc8 (9… Nxd4 $4
10. Nxd4 Qxd4 $4 11. Bg6+ $18) 10. O-O Nxd4 $5 11. Nxd4 $2 (11. Be3 $1 Nxf3+
12. Qxf3 Qc7 13. Bd4 f5 (13… fxe5 14. Qh5+ g6 $2 15. Qxe5 $18) 14. Qe3 $14)
11… Rxc1 $1 12. Qh5+ $4 (12. Qxc1 Qxd4 13. Qc3 Qxc3 14. Nxc3 fxe5 $15) 12…
g6 13. Qh4 (13. Bxg6+ hxg6 14. Qxh8 $2 (14. Qxg6+ Ke7 15. Rxc1 Qxd4 16. Nc3
Qxe5 $19) 14… Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Qxd4 $19) 13… Rxf1+ 14. Bxf1 fxe5 15. Nf3 Bg7
16. Ra2 Ne7 17. Nbd2 e4 18. Ng5 Nf5 19. Qh3 h6 $19 *
[/pgn_compat]