Deadly Traps
Deadly Traps
Deadly Traps
Nd2
e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.h3?? Ne3! 01
(2) Greco,Gioacchino - NN [B00] Europe Europe, 1620
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 f5 4.exf5 Bxg2 5.Qh5+ g6 6.fxg6
Nf6 7.gxh7+ Nxh5 8.Bg6# 10
(3) Noah's Arc 09.06.2014 [,Bryan] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4?? b5 5.Bb3 c4 01
(13) Noah's Arc 2 09.06.2014 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qxd4 c5
9.Qd5 Be6 10.Qc6+ Bd7 11.Qd5 c4 Line
(4) QGA Trap [D20] 09.06.2014 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3
b5 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5 6.Qf3 Line
(5) Albin CG - Lasker Trap [D08] 09.06.2014 [,Bryan]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.e3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 dxe3
6.Bxb4? [6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.Bxb4 Qh4 8.Ne2 (8.g3 exf2+
9.Kxf2 Qd4+ 10.Ke1 Qe4+) 8...Qxf2+ 9.Kd1 Bg4
10.Nbc3 000+ 11.Kc2 Nd4+; 6.fxe3] 6...exf2+ 7.Ke2
fxg1N+ 8.Ke1 [8.Rxg1 Bg4+] 8...Qh4+ 9.Kd2 [9.g3
Qe4+] 9...Nc6 Line
(6) Monticelli Pseudo-Trap [E16] 09.06.2014 [,Bryan]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 b6
6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 00 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Ng5 Ne4
11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Qxe4 Qxg5 13.Qxa8 Nc6 14.Qb7 Nxd4
15.Qe4? [15.Rd1] 15...Qa5+ 16.Kf1 Nb3 Line
(7) Blackburn Shilling Trap [C50] 09.06.2014 [,Bryan]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4?! 4.Nxe5? Qg5 5.Nxf7
[5.Bxf7+ Ke7] 5...Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Nf3# Line
O-O 16. g3 b6 17. Bf4 Qb7 18. Rfe1 bc5 19. a4 Qa7
20. Bd6 Re8 21. Rac1 Ba6 22. Rc5 Bb5 23. ab5 Rac8
24. Rh5 f6 25. g5 Qb6 26. Bf4 Qb5 27. g4 f5 28. Kg2 e5
29. Bg3 f4 30. Bh4 g6 31. Rh6 d5 32. Rh1 de4
Blackburne Schilling Trap [Schilling-Kostic Gambit]
Muhlock vs B Kostic, 1911
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 7 moves, 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Ne5 Qg5 5. Nf7 Qg2
6. Rf1 Qe4 7. Be2 Nf3#
Halosar Trap [Blackmar-Diemer Gambit]
E J Diemer vs Toth, 1948
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. e4 de4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 ef3 5. Qf3 Qd4 6. Be3
Qb4 7. O-O-O Bg4 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Qb7 Rb8 10. Qb8 Nb8
11. Nc7#
Magnus Smith Trap [Sicilian]
Schestakov vs Gusseinow, 1967
(B57) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6
6. Bc4 g6 7. Nc6 bc6 8. e5 de5 9. Bf7
Re6 24. Nc5 Rf6 25. Ne4 Rf4 26. Qe7 Rf7 27. Qa3 Nc6
28. Nd6 Bd6 29. Rd6 Bf5 30. b4 Rff8 31. b5 Nd8 32. Rd5
Nf7 33. Rc5 a6 34. b6 Be4 35. Re1 Bc6 36. Rc6 bc6
37. b7 Rab8 38. Qa6 Nd8 39. Rb1 Rf7 40. h3 Rfb7
41. Rb7 Rb7 42. Qa8
King's Gambit Trap [King's Gambit Declined]
NN vs W Schelfhout, 1910
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. fe5 Qh4 4. g3 Qe4 5. Qe2 Qh1
6. Nf3 Nh6 7. c3 Bg1 8. Bg2 Bf2 9. Kf2 Ng4#
Staunton Queen Trap [Staunton Gambit]
A E Blackmar vs A Labry, 1876
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 14 moves, 1-0
1. d4 f5 2. e4 fe4 3. f3 ef3 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Ng5
g6 7. Nh7 Rh7 8. Bg6 Rf7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O Kf8
11. Bf7 Kf7 12. Bf6 Bf6 13. Qh5 Kf8 14. Qh8
Vienna King Trap [Vienna Gambit]
Hamppe vs Steinitz, 1859
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. ed5 Nd5 5. fe5 Nc3 6. bc3
Qh4 7. Ke2 Bg4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. d4 O-O-O 10. Bd2 Bf3
11. gf3 Ne5 12. de5 Bc5 13. Qe1 Qc4 14. Kd1 Qc3
15. Rb1 Qf3 16. Qe2 Rd2 17. Kd2 Rd8 18. Kc1 Ba3
19. Rb2 Qc3 20. Bh3 Kb8 21. Qb5 Qd2 22. Kb1 Qd1
23. Rd1 Rd1#
McDonnell King Trap [Sicilian: McDonnell Attack]
V Disawal vs M Anshuman, 2008
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. f4 d6 3. Bb5 Bd7 4. Bd7 Nd7 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O
Bg7 7. d3 Qb6 8. c3 Ngf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Na3 Qc7
11. Nc2 Rfe8 12. e5 de5 13. fe5 Nd5 14. e6 N7f6 15. ef7
Kf7 16. Ng5 Kg8 17. Qe6 Kh8 18. Nf7 Kg8 19. Nh6 Kh8
20. Qg8 Ng8 21. Nf7#
11. Be2 Qf6 12. Bf3 Bg4 13. Kg1 Nf3 14. gf3 Bf3 15. Qf1
Qb6
English King Trap [English: AID/King's Knight]
O'Kelly vs P Devos, 1937
(A15) English, 27 moves, 0-1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2
d5 7. O-O Na6 8. d3 Be6 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. Re1 Bh3
11. Bh1 h5 12. Rc1 Qf5 13. a3 Bh6 14. b4 Ng4 15. cd5
cd5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Rc5 Ne3 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. Rc7 e5
20. Qc3 d4 21. Nd4 Qf2 22. Kf2 Ng4 23. Kf3 e4 24. Ke4
Ndf6 25. Kf3 Ne5 26. Kf2 Nfg4 27. Kg1 Be3#
Siberian Trap [Smith-Morra]
D Sorensen vs J M Nielsen, 2012
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cd4 3. c3 dc3 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4
Qc7 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. O-O Ng4 9. a3 Nd4
The hunter becomes the hunted...
J Krejcik vs Baumgartner, 1914
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. Ne5 Bf2 4. Kf2 Qh4 5. g3 Qe4
6. Qe2 Qh1 7. Bg2
Forked
Zaitsik vs Zichulidze, 1976
(A09) Reti Opening, 5 moves, 1-0
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. cd5 Nd5 5. e4
M Delgado Crespo vs L Lucena, 2001
(C41) Philidor Defense, 6 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 Be7 5. de5 de5
6. Qd5
Tempting...
A Meek vs Adbor, 1855
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 8
moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. f4 ef4 3. Nf3 d5 4. ed5 Qd5 5. Nc3 Qd8
6. Ne4 Bg4 7. Qe2 Bf3 8. Nf6#
The "Mortimer Trap"
R C Griffith vs NN, 1888
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 7 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Ne7 5. Ne5 c6
6. Nc4 cb5 7. Nd6#