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3 years ago Quote #1 checkmateibeatu

By "effective" I mean people will fall for it more likely than other traps.
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Blackburn Trap- 6
Fishing Pole 4
2.g3 in the reversed sicillian which yeilds white a pawn advantage post #16- 3
A trap in the Urusov Gambit on Post #6 -3
A version of the Noah's Ark Trap on Post #7- 3
Ruy Lopez 3
Kostic Trap 3
Some trap in the Sicillian on Post #10- 3
pauix's trap against Ng5- 3
A trap in the Queen's Gambit after 3.b5?- 3
Mortimer Trap 2
Fool's Mate 2
A trap in the Scotch Game on post #12- 2
Lasker Trap 2
A fork on Post #13- 1
3 years ago Quote #2 Arctor
I like this one:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5!! forcing...
3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O 9. h3 And White
has tricked Black into a lengthy,
tense, exciting battle for the
center
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3 years ago Quote #3 Roeczak
this is actually an opening named Ruy Lopez
and black isn't forced to play a6. he can try Nf6, Berlin Defense, or Bc5 ,Classical
Defense, with an even game...
I know i am 250 pts lower rated than you but...
3 years ago Quote #4 Frankdawg
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4
5. h3 h5 The trap is set
6. hxg4 if this knight is taken
it is curtains for white
6... hxg4 his knight is under
attack
7. Ne1 suppose he saves it
7... Qh4 threatening 2
mates
8. f3 white king can not guard
both squares running is the
onlyl hope
8... g3 but now the white king
is dead no matter what he does
next
3 years ago Quote #5 Ghuzultyy
X e J # , . @
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4
exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4
Nd6 6. O-O Nxc4? 7. Re1+
Be7 8. Qxg7 Rf8 9. Bh6
d6 10. Qxf8+ Kd7 11. Qxf7
Nb6 12. Ne5+ dxe5
13. Rd1+ Kc6 14. Rxd8
Bxd8 15. Qe8+ Bd7
16. Qxd8
3 years ago Quote #6 NineofWands
How about this that works quite well;
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3
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Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 Bg4
6. Qd2 Nc6 ??
7. f5 and blacks bishop on g4
is lost
3 years ago Quote #7 Ghuzultyy
X e J # , . @
1. g4 e6 2. f3 Qxe1
3 years ago Quote #8 AndTheLittleOneSaid
Roeczak wrote:
this is actually an opening named Ruy Lopez
and black isn't forced to play a6. he can try Nf6, Berlin Defense, or Bc5 ,Classical
Defense, with an even game...
I know i am 250 pts lower rated than you but...
...(it was a joke)
3 years ago Quote #9 madhatter5
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3
dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3
Nc6 6. Bc4 Qc7 7. O-O
Nf6 8. Qe2 Ng4 9. h3 Nd4
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3 years ago Quote #10 pauix
I know it is not a trap, but it's very useful against the Ng5 patzers:
X e J # , . @
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5
5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ And white is
going to suffer.
3 years ago Quote #11 Azukikuru
Only one trap has worked with me (twice!) against under-1800 players:
Then, there's this one in the Scotch Game, if you can consider it a trap:
X e J # , . @
1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Queen's
Gambit...
2... dxc4 ... Accepted.
3. e3 This is a reasonable
continuation, and it allows the
trap.
3... b5? Beginners often don't
know that holding on to the
pawn is not possible.
4. a4! c6 5. axb5 cxb5??
6. Qf3 ... and black loses at
least a piece.
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None of the classical traps have worked with me - probably because those are the ones
that beginners study in the hope of catching other beginners. From personal
experience, I recommend these two, especially the first one against under-1800's.
X e
J # , . @
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 The Scotch Game.
3... exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5
5. Nf5!? Definitely
possible. Threatens Nxg7+.
5... d5! Recommended by
Steinitz.
6. exd5?? Loses a piece...
or more.
( 6. Nxg7+ Kf8 7. Nh5
Qh4 8. Ng3 Nf6 Black
has a huge lead in
development. )
6... Bxf5 7. dxc6??
More.
7... Bxf2+!! 8. Kxf2
Qxd1 9. cxb7 Allows
3 years ago Quote #12 Ghuzultyy
X e J # , . @
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5
5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kf1 Qe7
7. Nxh8 Bc5 8. Bf7+ Kd8
9. Bc4 Black is going to
suffer.
3 years ago Quote #13 bguigz
pauix wrote:
I know it is not a trap, but it's very useful against the Ng5 patzers:
A few thoughts:

Your rating doesn't allow you to call anyone a patzer

Ng5 in the Two Knight may not be the best move, but is still a decent one (it not like
it's a forced win for Black...)

The Traxler is double edged, can lead to short wins for Black as well as disastrous losses.
Playing Bc5 and Bxf2+ isn't gonna make you win games miraculously. If it cold, it would
be played by masters everytime time the opportunity arises, but it's not, so there must
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be a reason...
3 years ago Quote #14 rooperi
I must have at least half a dozen wins on this site with this:
X e J # , . @
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5
5. exd5 Nd4 6. d6 ?
6... Qxd6 7. Nxf7 Qc6
8. Nxh8 Qxg2 9. Rf1 Qe4+
10. Be2 Nf3#
3 years ago Quote #15
checkmateibeatu
brilliantboy wrote:
I like this one:

Why did you give the book line a double exclam?
3 years ago Quote #16 checkmateibeatu
Frankdawg wrote:

I like that one too.
3 years ago Quote #17 checkmateibeatu
Ghuzultyy wrote:

(post 6) What trap is that?
3 years ago Quote #18
checkmateibeatu
pauix wrote:
I know it is not a trap, but it's very useful against the Ng5 patzers:
What the heck does that do about the fork?
3 years ago Quote #19 pauix
checkmateibeatu wrote:
pauix wrote:
I know it is not a trap, but it's very useful against the Ng5 patzers:
What the heck does that do about the fork?
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3 years ago Quote #20 Ghuzultyy
It is a line of Urusov Gambit.
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