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The Légal Trap or Blackburne Trap (also known as Légal Pseudo-Sacrifice and Légal Mate) is a chess opening trap, characterized by a queen sacrifice followed by checkmate with minor pieces if Black accepts the sacrifice. The trap is named after the French player Sire de Légal (1702–92). Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841–1924), a British master and one of the world's top five players in the latter part of the 19th century, set the trap on many occasions. ==Natural move sequence== There are a number of ways the trap can arise, the one below shows a natural move sequence from a simultaneous exhibition in Paris. André Cheron, one of France's leading players, won with the trap as White against Jeanlose: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 :The Semi-Italian Opening. 4. Nc3 Bg4?! :Black pins the knight in the fight over the center. Strategically this is a sound idea, but there is a tactical flaw with the move. 5. h3 :In this position 5.Nxe5? would be an ''unsound'' trap. While the white queen still cannot be taken (5...Bxd1??) without succumbing to a checkmate in two moves, 5...Nxe5 would win a knight (for the pawn). Instead, with 5.h3, White "puts the question" to the bishop which must either retreat on the c8–h3 diagonal, capture the knight, be captured, or as in this game, move to an insecure square. 5... Bh5? (see diagram) :Black apparently maintains the pin, but this is a tactical blunder which loses at least a pawn (see below). Relatively best is 5...Bxf3, surrendering the bishop pair and giving White a comfortable lead in development, but maintaining material equality. 5...Be6!? is also possible. 6. Nxe5! :The tactical refutation. White seemingly ignores the pin and surrenders the queen. Black's best course now is to play 6...Nxe5, where with 7.Qxh5 Nxc4 8.Qb5+ followed by 9.Qxc4, White remains a pawn ahead, but Black can at least play on. Instead, if Black takes the queen, White has checkmate in two moves: 6... Bxd1?? 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Nd5# The final position (see diagram) is a pure mate, meaning that for each of the eight squares around the black king, there is exactly one reason the king cannot move there.〔This version of the Légal Trap was presented in 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Légal Trap」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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