Ding Liren's Epic Opening Trap against MVL in the Slav Defense, Three Knights Variation
A beautiful trap by Ding Liren against MVL in the Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2020 in the Slav Defense, Three Knights Variation.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.23"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 { D15 Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation } Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Qxd5 e6 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e3 Nb4 11. Qa4+ Kd8 12. Bd2 Nc2+?? { (1.66 → 5.03) Blunder. f6 was best. } (12... f6 13. Rc1) 13. Ke2 Qxb2? { (5.31 → 10.76) Mistake. Qc6 was best. } (13... Qc6 14. Qxc6) 14. Ne5 b5 15. Qa5+ Ke8 16. Qc7 { Black resigns. } 1-0