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10 Most Deadly Chess Opening Traps You Must Know

Yury Markushin
Yury Markushin
04.18.2014
Category: Openings
Tags: chess traps, grandmaster, opening traps, openings,
10 Most Deadly Chess Opening Traps You Must Know

I have discussed a few famous chess traps previously (Legal Trap, Elephant Trap, Lasker Trap, Mortimer Trap).

Today we will continue this topic with less known, but not-less-powerful traps that you can learn from and even use in your own games.

Want to win your games quickly using some of those powerful chess traps?

Here is the list of all 10 of them!

Opening Chess Traps:

1. Josef Emil Krejcik – Baumgartner, King Pawn Game: Busch-Gass Gambit (C40)

2. Gioachino GrecoItalian – Unknown Player, Italian Game Classical Variation, Center Attack (C53)

3. Amedee Gibaud – Frederic Lazard, Indian Game: Lazard Gambit (A45)

4. M. Warren – J. Selman, Budapest Defense: Fajarowicz Variation (A51)

5. Robert F. Combe – Wolfgang R. Hasenfuss, Benoni Defense: General (A43)

6. Zaitsik – Zichulidze, Reti Opening (A09)

7. Mairelys D. Crespo – Lincoln Lucena, Philidor Defense (C41)

8. Kutjanin – Jakobjuk, Vienna Game (C27)

9. Valt Borsony – Albert Laustsen, Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation (B70)

10. Balode – Sondore, Scandinavian Defense: Ilundain Variation (B01)

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pvyasakrishna
10.12.2019 10:52

i am national level player soo i want more information about chess

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Benjamin Fortner
03.20.2019 20:52

I just subscribed, but there was no place to add my address?

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Saanodin
12.13.2016 06:47

in game 1, Q X Q ….. hehehe

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Einstein
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06.15.2019 18:43

White is a piece up

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lokesh
09.03.2016 12:50

why would ever? in 8th trap 3)Bc4 Ne4?????
black will do such blunder???
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shashank
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01.16.2019 14:20

cause black can play d5

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lokesh
09.03.2016 12:46

but dude the black is in check

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slayz
06.17.2015 03:16

[quote name=”Saikat Nandy”]In the 8th game. In the final position NG5. The black queen takes it. The knight is not supported.[/quote]
then Qd5 mate

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RolY
06.16.2015 23:45

[quote name=”Saikat Nandy”]In the 8th game. In the final position NG5. The black queen takes it. The knight is not supported.[/quote]
but then Q[quote name=”Saikat Nandy”]In the 8th game. In the final position NG5. The black queen takes it. The knight is not supported.[/quote]
but then Qb3 black is mated

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Saikat Nandy
05.26.2015 15:21

In the 8th game. In the final position NG5. The black queen takes it. The knight is not supported.

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Grischka
01.26.2015 22:07

In first game I would like to play easy 6. Nf3! move to the safety and bishop up for white 😀

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BloodyXmas
11.10.2014 08:16

[quote name=”Costello”]1. Qc2 …queen is not trapped[/quote]
Black’s king is in check

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Carl
11.07.2014 07:38

[quote name=”Costello”]1. Qc2 …queen is not trapped[/quote]
Yeah you’re right but the black king is in check 😉

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Costello
10.01.2014 14:50

1. Qc2 …queen is not trapped

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jimmy
07.19.2014 08:08

[quote name=”francis”]in the 8th game, why on earth the knight would take on 4… e4?[/quote]
After 3…Nxe4 4.Nxe4 d5 forks B & N. Its a standard tactic, but the intermezzo 4.Bxf7+ spoiled the party.

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francis
07.16.2014 04:43

in the 8th game, why on earth the knight would take on 4… e4?

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Yury
07.20.2014 03:50

[quote name=”jimmy”][quote name=”francis”]in the 8th game, why on earth the knight would take on 4… e4?[/quote]
After 3…Nxe4 4.Nxe4 d5 forks B & N. Its a standard tactic, but the intermezzo 4.Bxf7+ spoiled the party.[/quote]

The idea is to end up with an asymmetric central pawns after all. 🙂

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Valdir
07.07.2014 00:13

[quote name=”Methriller”]First game is not a trap at all. Black will continue with 8… Qxc2 The queen is not trapped at all. Instead white lost his rook, bishop, knight and pawn for nothing. What a fool. Who wrote this?[/quote]

You didn’t saw the discover check 😆

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aneesh
05.27.2014 18:54

in the 10th game black 6th move is Qc8 then how can mate in the game please replay administrator or any one its dought not chalenge

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kapil dev shastri
05.07.2014 05:11

[quote name=”Methriller”]First game is not a trap at all. Black will continue with 8… Qxc2 The queen is not trapped at all. Instead white lost his rook, bishop, knight and pawn for nothing. What a fool. Who wrote this?[/quote]
its a trap .first black has to save his king from check.he can’t move QC2.KAPIL

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Biff
04.23.2014 07:35

[quote name=”mahdi”][quote name=”Pradeep Kumar”]In the 8th game won’t the queen simply take the knight after 7. Kg5?[/quote]
Kg5 Qd5#[/quote]
No because the queen mates on b3, strangely enough. White can throw pieces in between but none of them defends.

.. Qxg5
Qb3+ d5
Qxd5 Be6
Qxe6#

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Pradeep Kumar
04.18.2014 23:10

In the 8th game won’t the queen simply take the knight after 7. Kg5?

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deo
04.18.2014 14:51

..nice to know this! More power !

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Roland
04.22.2014 21:22

@Pradeep: sure black can take Qxg5 but then Qd5 delivers mate (only Qe8 would postpone the mate a bit: Qd5+,Qf7 and Qxf7#)

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Frederick Rhine
04.22.2014 05:05

In No. 10, Black can avoid mate with 7…Qxd2+ 8.Bxd2 Nxh5, though he’s quite lost after 9.Bxf7+ Kd8 10.Bxh5. I have played a variant of No. 6: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4?? e5! 5.Bxe5 Qa5+.

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Frederick Rhine
04.22.2014 04:53

Methriller – Look again. Black is IN CHECK after 8.Nd3. You might want to be a little more careful before you make obnoxious comments.

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Daniel James Molina
04.22.2014 00:57

These traps are for Rapid chess…….. mostly for rapid chess. I think

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Methriller
04.21.2014 19:01

First game is not a trap at all. Black will continue with 8… Qxc2 The queen is not trapped at all. Instead white lost his rook, bishop, knight and pawn for nothing. What a fool. Who wrote this?

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Yury
05.01.2014 03:10

The traps are not as obvious as they look 🙄 Glad you’ve learned something!

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mahdi
04.19.2014 16:08

[quote name=”Pradeep Kumar”]In the 8th game won’t the queen simply take the knight after 7. Kg5?[/quote]
Kg5 Qd5#

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