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The Lasker Trap

Trap · Intermediate · chessin40seconds.com/12

Black to move. Promote with check.

Your pawn on f2 is about to promote. Pick the right new piece.

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Hint

Promote, but not to a queen.

Answer

fxg1=N+ — fxg1=N+! Promoting to a knight gives check and wins. A queen would let White escape.

The idea

A knight can give check where a queen can't. Sometimes the knight is the best promotion.

This chess trap is one of 30 quick puzzles in the Chess in 40 Seconds trainer: find the move on the board, get a hint if you're stuck, and learn the idea so you never fall for it in your own games.

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