Legal Trap Chess Gambit Mate in 8 Moves Unstoppable Checkmate Pattern
The Légal Trap/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 Sire de Légal who was a French player, or Joseph Henry Blackburne who was a British master and one of the world’s strongest players in the latter part of the 19th century.