[Event "Opening Traps in the Petrov's Defence: #2 Copycat Trap"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/1Aacwjel/yYor8pPg"]
[Date "2004"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Perez, Francisco"]
[Black "Guerra Tulcan, Lenin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Jonnyx"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Russian Game: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit"]
[UTCDate "2020.06.12"]
[UTCTime "12:20:26"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]

{ You can watch the analyse of the game as a video aswell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zch-u6YGnnk Did you ever played a game, where your opponent just simply copied all your moves? Can be frustrating right? But how frustrating would it be, if the copycat would win by simply copying all moves, just to switch plans at the right moment? Well in this trap you will see an example for a copycat trap that worked out and one that doesn't. } 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 ( 3... d6 { was by far the main move, but the knight move is a tricky sideline most white players don't know anything about. } ) 4. Qe2 Qe7 { don't move the knight away! For exmaple: } ( 4... Nc5 { looses the queen to } 5. Nc6+ Ne6 ( 5... Be7 6. Nxd8 Kxd8 ) ( 5... Qe7 6. Nxe7 Bxe7 ) 6. Nxd8 Kxd8 ) 5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nc6 { attacking the e5 pawn a second time. [%cal Ge7e5,Gc6e5] } 8. Bf4 $6 ( 8. Nc3 { was the best move in the position for white. } 8... Qxe5 ( 8... Nxe5 { is bad due to } 9. Nd5 f5 { the only move that holds black at least somehow in the game. Game could continue with } 10. Qe2 Qd6 11. c4 Be6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nxc7+ Qxc7 14. Qxe6+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Bxe7 16. Bd2 { white is up a pawn and got the bishop pair, so he's better. } ) 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 { at first the position looks a bit dry, but white can obtain the initiative by playing } 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg3 $1 { this move is important to stop blacks plan of a discovered check with his knight. } ( 11. Nb5 { runs into } 11... Nf3+ 12. Ke2 Nd4+ 13. Nxd4 Bxf4 14. Kf3 Be5 15. Re1 f6 { with a roughly equal position. } ) ( 11. Ne4 { runs again into } 11... Nf3+ 12. gxf3 Bxf4 { and suddenly black is even better due to whites pawnstructure and blacks bishoppair. } ) ( 11. O-O-O { runs into } 11... Nd3+ 12. Bxd3 Bxf4+ 13. Kb1 Be6 { and black solved his opening problems and got the bishoppair. I guess the position is equal. } ) 11... O-O { by far the most played move, but this allows white to start gaining initiative. For example: } ( 11... f6 { was better, but even here white remains with a small advantage after the moves } 12. Nb5 Bb4+ 13. c3 Ba5 14. O-O-O ) 12. Nb5 Bb4+ $2 13. c3 Ba5 $2 14. Bxe5 Re8 15. O-O-O { black can not take the bishop because of backrank mates. [%cal Gd1d8,Re8e5] } ) 8... g5 9. Bg3 $2 { This move is a clear mistake. White should have played } ( 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. e6 fxe6 ( 10... Qxe6 11. Qxe6+ fxe6 12. Be3 { and white remains with a slight advantage due to blacks weak isolated pawn on e6. } ) 11. Bxc7 ( 11. Be3 ) 11... Rc8 12. Bg3 Qb4+ 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Na3 Nxc2+ 16. Nxc2 Rxc2 17. Rd1+ Kc6 18. O-O Bc5 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Kd5 { with a roughly equal position. Black got some problems with the isolated pawn on e6 but his king is allready active and so I think that the position should be equal. } ) 9... f5 $1 { Black is winning a piece. Belive it or not, but this variation appeard in nearly 900 games on Lichess! } 10. Qe2 ( 10. exf6 Qxe4+ { and black is even up a queen. } ) 10... f4 11. Qh5+ Qf7 ( 11... Kd8 { looks a little bit dangerous for black because the king is now stucked in the center while white can still castle queenside, bringing the rook to the d-file. } ) 12. Qxg5 fxg3 13. hxg3 Qf5 14. Qh5+ ( 14. Qxf5 Bxf5 15. Bb5 O-O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nc3 Bxc2 { and black is much better. He's up a piece against two pawns, he has the bishop pair in an open position and his rook is allready on the open d file. } ) 14... Qxh5 15. Rxh5 Bg4 16. Rh4 h5 17. f3 ( 17. Bb5 Be7 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Rh1 Rb8 { and black should be able to convert his advantage to a win. The computer gives this allready as +3 for black. } ) 17... Bg7 $5 18. fxg4 Bxe5 { black now threatens to win a rook by taking the pawn on g3 or the pawn on b2. White can not defend both threats. [%cal Ge5g3,Ge5b2] } 19. Rxh5 Rxh5 20. gxh5 Bxb2 21. g4 Bxa1 22. g5 Ke7 { Black is up a rook and on its way to win the game. Even if whites pawns on the kingside looks a little bit dangerous, just keep in mind, that you can always trade one of your pieces against both pawns and you would still be up an exchange, so there is nothing to fear. } 0-1