Ruy Lopez, Tarrasch Trap

The Tarrasch trap is an opening trap in the Ruy Lopez. It goes back to the chess master and theoretician Siegbert Tarrasch, who analyzed 1891, in a game against Georg Marco anwandte first time at the Dresden Tournament 1892.

An innovation Tarrasch against the then usual 7 Lc1 - g5. Marco does not see through the toxic trap.

7 ... e5xd4 was enforced.

Here it was the best for black to come to terms with loss Bauer, but he is reluctant:

The jumper may be because Td1 along with Matt not be taken, but that will not black ...

Now Ne4 Be7 and impaled. Although Black can still counter ...

15 K g1 -f1 Bc5 - b6, however, does not pay, because black is recovered after 16 f3xe4 f5xe4 the figure

Black would have with

Then soaked white with

This trap has been realized already in over 50 tournament games.

• Opening the case