Learn How to Trap a Piece: Decisive Material Gain
This puzzle comes from the Rapport-Jobava System and shows a classic opening trap based on piece activity and tactical refutation. White’s position is more active, but the key idea is to exploit the opponent’s queen and loose coordination before they can consolidate. In practical chess, these situations often arise when one side’s queen becomes overextended and a minor piece is left without safe squares. The result is a winning material sequence rather than a mating attack.