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1
Q

White to play and win

A

2-1: 1.g4 traps the queen.

2
Q

White to play and win

A

2-2: 1.Bxg7 traps the rook.

3
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-3: 1…g5 traps the knight.

4
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-4: 1…b5 2.Bb3 c4 traps the bishop.

5
Q

White to play and win

A

2-5: 1.Qf3 Nc6 2.Qxc6+ Bd7 3.Qe4 wins a piece because of the trapped rook.

6
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-6: 1…Nxd4 2.Qxd4 c5 3.Qe3 c4 traps the bishop, a simplified “Noah’s Ark” trap.

7
Q

White to play and win

A

2-7: 1.Nxc6 bxc6 2.Bb6 traps the queen.

8
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-8: 1…Rh6 traps the queen.

9
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-9: 1…Nxd3 2.Qxd3 g5 wins a pice for two pawns, although White still has chances.

10
Q

White to play and win

A

2-10: 1.Qb5 traps the knight.

11
Q

White to play and win

A

2-11: 1.Bd2 traps the queen.

12
Q

White to play and win

A

2-12: 1.g4 traps the knight.

13
Q

White to play and win

A

2-13: 1.d7 traps the bishop. And 1…Rd8 (1…Qxc3+ 2.Qd2) 2.dxc8Q still wins a piece because the rook is pinned.

14
Q

White to play and win

A

2-14: 1.Nc7 Rb8 2.Bxa7 traps the rook.

15
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-15: 1…b6 traps the bishop.

16
Q

White to play and win

A

2-16: 1.Qxg7 dxc3 2.Qxh8 wins the trapped rook and the g8-knight is lost as well.

17
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-17: 1…Be6 traps the rook, followed by 2…Kf8 winning the exchange.

18
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-18: 1…Kg7 traps the rook.

19
Q

White to play and win

A

2-19: 1.g4 traps the knight.

20
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-20: 1…h5 wins as 2.Nf2?? Qxg2#. So the knight is trapped.

21
Q

White to play and win

A

2-21: 1.Bg5 traps the queen.

22
Q

White to play and win

A

2-22: 1.Rhe1 traps the queen. If 1…Nf8 2.Rxe2 Rxd4 3.Nxd4 wins a rook.

23
Q

White to play and win

A

2-23: 1.Qe2 traps the knight.

24
Q

White to play and win

A

2-24: 1.Ra1 traps the queen.

25
Q

White to play and win

A

2-25: 1.h6 traps the knight. 1…Ng6 2.Qe3 does not change anything.

26
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-26: 1…Nc5 traps the rook and wins the exchange.

27
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-27: 1…b5 2.Bb3 a4 traps the bishop.

28
Q

White to play and win

A

2-28: 1.Be4 traps the rook. After 1…b3 2.Bxc2 bxc2 3.Rc1, Black can resign.

29
Q

White to play and win

A

2-29: 1.Bg5 traps the queen. If 1…Bh6 then White wins a piece with either 2.Bxh6 or, even better, trades queens when ahead with 2.Bxh4 Bxd2+ 3.Rxd2.

30
Q

Black to play and win

A

2-30: 1…3xd4 e.g. 2.Nxd4? White is in trouble even if he does not allow the “Noah’s Ark” pattern, since he cannot recapture safely.

31
Q

White to play and win

A

2-31: 1.R1e6 traps the queen.