Marshall Trap

A bishop sacrifice on h2 and a knight fork on f2 — Frank Marshall's punishment for one careless rook move.

Petrov's Defence, Classical Attack — White falls in with Re1

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Trap data: Wikipedia — Petrov's Defence (CC BY-SA 4.0); Lichess chess-openings (Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Trap, ECO C42) (CC0-1.0). Adapted from share-alike (CC BY-SA) material; this adaptation is released under the same license.