Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: Trap on Scandinavian

Overloading a piece is a chess tactic resource. It consists in giving a defensive piece an additional defensive assignment which it cannot complete without abandoning its original defensive task.

When a piece has too many defensive tasks, we call it an overload.
In today’s trap, one of Black’s bishops has two different tasks. It simultaneously attacks White’s queen and defends checkmate on f7 but it can not afford both of them.

Overloaded pieces are perfect targets for a combination.

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