Whitaker Trap












(1) Whitaker,N - Amateur [C68]
[Stasch Mlotkowski]

Bethlehem Globe-Times, January 8, 1932 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bd6 This is not so good as either 5...f6, 5...Bc5, 5...Bb4, or 5...Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 This seems forced, but a possible alternative is 7...Qf6 8.e5 Qe7 9.0-0 Bc5 8.0-0 Bg4 This permits the Whitaker Trap to develop. It is, at any rate, a natural move, and Whitaker has sprung this trap on quite a number of opponents. 9.e5 Bxf3 10.exd6 Bh5 Less disadvantageous is 10...Bd5 11.Re1+ Kf7 [ 11...Kd7 12.dxc7+ Kxc7 13.Bf4+ Kc8 14.Qc5 g6 ( 14...Bg6 15.Rad1 ) 15.f3 wins.] 12.Qc4+ Kf8 13.Qc5 Obviously Black must lose a piece. 1-0













(2) Whitaker,N - Jackson,E [C68]
Penn State Chess Assoc Tournament, 1929
[Robert Goerlich]

Bethlehem Globe-Times, March 26, 1929. Annotations by Robert Goerlich. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 The Exchange Variation. 4...dxc6 [ 4...bxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 d6 7.0-0 Ne7 ( 7...Nf6 8.e5 ) 8.Nc3 Ng6 9.Re1 and according to Modern Chess Openings White has the superior position.] 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.e5 Bxf3 10.exd6 Bh5 [ 10...Bd5 11.Nxd5 ] 11.Re1+ Kf8 [ 11...Kd7 12.g4 Bf7 ( 12...Be8 13.dxc7+ Kxc7 14.Bf4+ Kc8 15.Qxd8+ Kxd8 16.Rad1+ Bd7 17.Na4 b5 18.Rxd7+ ) 13.dxc7+ Kxc7 14.Bf4+ Kc8 15.Qxd8+ Kxd8 16.Rad1+ Kc8 ( 16...Bd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Rxd5+ ) 17.Na4 ; 11...Kf7 12.Qc4+ etc.] 12.Qc5 The Bishop or the Queen? 1-0













(3) Whitaker,N - Kelly [C68]

Federal City Chess Club, Date Unknown 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Ne7 8.Qc4 f6 9.0-0 Ng6 10.Re1 Ne5 11.Nxe5 fxe5 12.f4 exf4 13.e5 Qe7 14.Bxf4 Bc5+ 15.Be3 Bxe3+ 16.Rxe3 Be6 17.Qe2 0-0 18.Ne4 Bd5 19.c4 Bxe4 20.Rxe4 Qe6 21.Re1 c5 22.Qg4 Rae8 23.Qxe6+ Rxe6 24.Rd1 Rfe8 25.Rd7 R8e7 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Kf2 Kf7 28.Ke3 Ke6 29.Rh4 g5 30.Rh5 Kf5 31.h4 Rxe5+ 32.Kf3 Kg6 33.g4 h6 34.b3 b5 35.hxg5 Rxg5 36.Rh2 Re5 37.Rd2 Re1 38.Rd5 bxc4 39.bxc4 Ra1 40.Rxc5 Rxa2 41.Rxc7 a5 42.Kf4 a4 43.Rc6+ Kg7 44.Ra6 a3 45.Ke5 Rg2 46.Rxa3 Rxg4 47.Rc3 h5 48.c5 Kf7 49.c6 Rg8 50.c7 Rc8 51.Kd6 Kg6 52.Kd7 1-0













(4) Whitaker,N - Lucas,M [C68]
Montgomery, Rd.5, 1973

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 f6 8.0-0 Ne7 9.Qc4 b5 10.Qb3 Bg4 11.Ne2 Qd7 12.Bf4 Ng6 13.Rfd1 Nxf4 14.Nxf4 Qe7 15.h3 Bd7 16.Nd3 Be6 17.Qc3 c5 18.e5 fxe5 19.b4 c4 20.Ndxe5 Bxb4 21.Qe3 0-0 22.Nc6 Qf6 23.Nxb4 a5 24.Nc6 Bxh3 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Nd5 Qh6 27.Ng5 Bf5 28.Nxc7 Rab8 29.Qe7 Qf6 30.Qxf6 Rxf6 31.Nxb5 Bxc2 32.Rd2 Bd3 33.Nc3 Re8 34.f3 h6 35.Nge4 Rb6 White 50 mins.; Black 2 hrs 1-0



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