[Event "Opening Traps in the Sicilian Defence: #1 Magnus Smith Trap"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/DTDneWXO/hGk4HN3T"]
[Date "1992"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Black "Mohsin, Basim A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Jonnyx"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[ECO "B57"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Magnus Smith Trap"]
[UTCDate "2020.06.12"]
[UTCTime "12:50:06"]
[Variant "Standard"]

{ You can watch the analyse of the game as a video aswell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiDHYrmh-JM The Magnus Smith Trap is a chess opening trap in the Sicilian Defence, named after three-time Canadian chess champion Magnus Smith. } 1. e4 c5 { The starting position of the Sicilian Defence. } 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 { This is known as the Sozin Variation or Fischer-Sozin Attack of the Sicilian Defense. } 6... g6 $6 { This move was played in over 17.500 games on Lichess and is by far the second most common move in this position. Funny enough, this is allready a mistake, that leads to a great attacking position for white. } ( 6... e6 { is was the main move in the position and is aimed against whites lightsquared bishop on c4. } ) ( 6... Qb6 { was another popular move for black in this position and was played by the former Chess World Champion Vladimir Kramnik several times. } ) 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 $1 dxe5 $4 { this loses the game immediately. Other options where: } ( 8... Nh5 $2 9. Qf3 $1 { and white is winning. For example: [%cal Gf3c6] } 9... e6 { with the idea of giving up the c6 pawn for rapid development } ( 9... d5 10. Nxd5 $1 { this sacrafice opens up blacks position } 10... cxd5 11. Bxd5 Rb8 ( 11... e6 12. Bxa8 { was blacks best try, but beeing up an exchange and two pawns it's clear that white is absolutely winning. } ) 12. Bxf7+ Kd7 13. Qd3+ Kc7 14. Qc4+ Kb7 15. Bd5+ Kb6 ( 15... Qxd5 16. Qxd5+ ) 16. Qb4+ Kc7 ( 16... Ka6 17. Bc4+ Rb5 18. Qxb5# ) 17. Qc5+ Kd7 18. Qc6# ) 10. g4 Ng7 11. Ne4 Qa5+ ( 11... d5 { doesn't help because of [%cal Rd5c4,Rd5e4] } 12. Nf6+ Ke7 13. Qa3+ c5 14. Qxc5+ Qd6 15. Qxd6# ) 12. Bd2 Qxe5 13. Bc3 { and white wins the queen. } ) ( 8... Ng4 { was probably blacks best try. Game could continue } 9. e6 $6 ( 9. Bf4 Bh6 ( 9... Qb6 { fails to } 10. Qf3 { and white got a lot of threats. For example: } 10... Qxb2 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Bc1+ { and white wins the queen. } ) 10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. exd6 Nxd6 ( 12... Qxd6 13. O-O-O Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Nd6 15. Bb3 Bf5 16. Re1 { and white is better due to blacks weakened pawnstructure and the fact that whites rooks are allready in the center. } ) ( 12... exd6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. g4 Ne7 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bxg4 17. Re1 { white is winning. } ) 13. O-O-O Qc7 { getting out of the pin } ( 13... Nxc4 { fails to } 14. Qxd8# ) 14. Qf4 { renew the pin [%cal Gf4c7,Rd6c4] } 14... O-O 15. Ne4 { and White is better. If you want to know more about the position just check out the game Suitin vs Makarichev played in 1983. Black only won the game because of a big blunder by white in move 27. } ) 9... f5 { as in the World Championship game Schlechter-Lasker in 1910. The game ended in a draw. } ) ( 8... d5 9. exf6 dxc4 10. Qf3 ( 10. Qxd8+ { would be ok aswell for white because after } 10... Kxd8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 { white is just simply better. Black got a weak doubled isolated pawn on the c file and his king is still stuck in the center. If black will ever take the pawn on f6 then white gets even mating chances on d8 after he doubled the rooks on the d-file. [%csl Rf8,Rh8,Rc6,Rc4][%cal Gd1d8,Gd1d2,Gh1d1] } ) 10... Qb6 { protecting the c6 pawn, getting out of the way of the d-file where after casteling by white a rook will appear and attacking the b2 pawn in hope that white can not develop his darksquared bishop that easily anymore. } 11. O-O Bf5 12. Be3 Qb7 ( 12... Qxb2 $4 { leads to mate in 8 after } 13. Qxc6+ Kd8 14. Rad1+ ) 13. Rad1 Bxc2 14. Rd2 Bd3 { At a first glance it may looks like black achieved sometthing, but the truth is that white is allready clearly winning. White will bring his second rook to d1 and then attack the c4 pawn with b3 and it's not clear how black can develop his kingside. For example: } 15. Rfd1 e6 16. b3 Bb4 17. bxc4 Bxc3 18. Rxd3 Bb4 19. Bh6 Bc5 20. Qf4 Bb6 21. Rd6 Rb8 22. Qe5 { threatening Rxe6+! } 22... Qc8 23. Rxe6+ fxe6 ( 23... Qxe6 { doesn't help } 24. Qxb8+ Qc8 25. Qxc8+ Bd8 26. Qxd8# ) 24. f7+ Ke7 25. Qg7 $3 { threatening mate with Bg5 [%cal Gh6g5] } 25... e5 26. Bg5+ Ke6 27. Qf6# { Of course black moves in this line wasn't forced by any means, but just try to play the position for yourself and you will understand, that blacks position is just undefendable. } ) 9. Bxf7+ { and black resigned because of [%cal Gf7e8,Gd1d8] } 9... Kxf7 10. Qxd8 { and white is up a queen for a bishop. } 1-0