Deadly Traps

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The document discusses several famous opening traps and short games illustrating them.

Some examples of opening traps mentioned include Legal's Mate, the Sozin Trap, the Blackburne-Shilling Trap, and the Bxf7+ sacrifice in the French Defense.

The Giuoco Piano trap on page 1 involves a knight fork.

(1) Gibaud - Lazard [A45] 1924 [,Bryan] 1.d4 Nf6 2.

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

(8) Legal's Mate [C50] 09.06.2014 [,Bryan] 1.e4 e5


2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5? 6.Nxe5! Bxd1
[6...Nxe5 7.Qxh5 Nxc4 8.Qb5+] 7.Bxf7+ Ke7 8.Nd5#
Line
(9) Cambridge Springs Trap [D35] 09.06.2014 [,Bryan]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5
6.Nxd5? Nxd5 7.Bxd8 Bb4+ 8.Qd2 Bxd2+ 9.Kxd2 Kxd8
Line
(10) Sozin Trap [B57] 09.06.2014 [,Bryan] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3
d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 g6? 7.Nxc6
bxc6 8.e5 dxe5? [8...Ng4 9.e6 f5; 8...Nh5 9.Qf3 e6 10.g4
Ng7 11.Ne4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qxe5 13.Bc3] Line
(11) Fischer,Robert James - Reshevsky,Samuel Herman
[B35] USA-ch New York (6), 1958 [,Bryan] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 00
8.Bb3 Na5? 9.e5 Ne8 [9...Nxb3 10.exf6 Nxa1 11.fxg7
Kxg7 12.Qxa1; 9...Nh5 10.g4] 10.Bxf7+! Kxf7 [10...Kh8
11.Ne6; 10...Rxf7 11.Ne6 dxe6 12.Qxd8] 11.Ne6! dxe6
[11...Kxe6 12.Qd5+ Kf5 13.g4+ Kxg4 14.Rg1+ Kh5
15.Qg2] 12.Qxd8 After 42 moves. 10
(12) Siberian Trap 09.06.2014 [,Bryan] 1.e4 c5 2.d4
cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.00 Qc7
8.Qe2 Ng4 9.h3 [9.Nb5 Qb8 10.h3] 9...Nd4! Line
(14) Qa4+ trap [B50] 09.06.2014 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3
Nf6 4.Be2 g6 [4...Nxe4? 5.Qa4+] 5.00 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4
7.cxd4 Nxe4? 8.d5 Line
(15) Bf4/Nd4 trap [A46] 09.06.2014 [,Bryan] 1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 c5 3.Bf4 cxd4 4.Nxd4?? e5! 5.Bxe5 Qa5+ Line

(16) Larsen Trap [A01] 09.06.2014 [,Bryan] 1.b3 d5


2.Bb2 Bg4 3.f3 Bh5 4.e4 dxe4 5.Qe2 exf3?? 6.Qb5+ Line
(17) QID Trap [E12] 09.06.2014 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3
b6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Bb7 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 g5 8.Bg3 g4
9.Ne5 Ne4 Line
(18) Caro-Kann trap [B11] 09.06.2014 [,Bryan] 1.e4 c6
2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2!? Ngf6?? 6.Nd6#
Line
(19) Sveshnikov Trap 09.06.2014 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5
13.Nc2 00 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.00 Ne7
17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Bxf5 Bf7 19.Be4 Rac8 20.Nf5 Line

Opening Traps Collection


Scandinavian Queen Trap [Scandinavian]
J U Trippe vs B Skonieczna, 1988
(B01) Scandinavian, 10 moves, 0-1
1. e4 d5 2. ed5 Nf6 3. d4 Nd5 4. c4 Nb4 5. Qa4 N8c6
6. a3 Na6 7. d5 Nc5 8. Qb5 e6 9. dc6 b6 10. Ke2 a5
Lasker Trap [Queen's Gambit Declined]
Korody vs Bologh, 1933
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 8
moves, 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. de5 d4 4. e3 Bb4 5. Bd2 de3 6. Bb4
ef2 7. Ke2 fg1N 8. Rg1 Bg4
Elephant Trap [Queen's Gambit Declined]
Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 0-1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cd5 ed5
6. Nd5 Nd5 7. Bd8 Bb4 8. Qd2 Kd8
Tarrasch Trap [Spanish]
Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1890
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 13 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ne4 5. d4 a6
6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. de5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O
11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Ne6 fe6 13. Re4

Fried Liver Trap [Italian]


Greco vs NN, 1620
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. ed5 Nd5
6. Nf7 Kf7 7. Qf3 Ke6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. O-O c6 10. Re1 Bd7
11. d4 Kd6 12. Re5 Ng6 13. Nd5 Ne5 14. de5 Kc5
15. Qa3 Kc4 16. Qd3 Kc5 17. b4#
Marshall Trap [King's Gambit Accepted]
W W Young vs Marshall, 1913
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. f4 ef4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Bf7 Kf7 6. O-O
gf3 7. Qf3 Qf6 8. d4 Qd4 9. Be3 Qf6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Bf4
d6 12. Qh5 Kg7 13. Bh6
Mortimer Trap [Spanish]
P Eiffe vs J E Crewe, 1887
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nce7 4. d3 Nf6 5. Ne5 c6
6. Ba4 Qa5 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bb3 Ng6 9. g3 Bb4 10. Bd2 OO 11. Qe2 d5 12. f4 Qc7 13. e5 Bg4 14. Qf2 Nd7 15. h3
Be6 16. d4 f5 17. O-O-O a5 18. Kb1 Bc3 19. Bc3 a4
20. g4 ab3 21. cb3 b5 22. Bb4 Rf7 23. Bd6 Qb6 24. b4
Qa6 25. a3 Nb6 26. g5 Nc4 27. Rd3 Nd6 28. ed6 Rd7
29. h4 Rd6 30. h5 Nf8 31. g6 h6 32. Qh4 Re8 33. Re3
Qc8 34. Rhe1 Bd7 35. Re8 Be8 36. Qe7 Re6 37. Qh4 Re1
38. Qe1 Qe6 39. Qh4 Qf6 40. Qe1 Ne6 41. Ka2 Bd7
42. Qe5 Qe5 43. fe5 Nd4

Ponziani Trap [Ponziani]


L Bachmann vs Kunstmann, 1899
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Ne4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Ne5
Ng6 7. Bd3 Nf2 8. Bg6 Nd1 9. Bf7 Ke7 10. Bg5 Kd6
11. Nc4 Kc5 12. Nba3
Legal Trap [Italian]
A Cheron vs Jeanloz, 1929
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 8 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5
6. Ne5 Bd1 7. Bf7 Ke7 8. Nd5#
Kieninger Trap [Budapest]
Henricksen vs B Pedersen, 1937
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 8 moves, 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. de5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bb4
6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Nge5 8. ab4 Nd3#
Siberian Trap [Smith-Morra Gambit]
P Baran vs Ondrej Vacek, 2000
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 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. h3 Nd4 10. hg4 Ne2
11. Be2 Bc5 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. b4 a6 14. bc5 ab5 15. Bb5

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

Queen Amidala Trap [Queen's Indian]


K Shirazi vs Joel Benjamin, 1984
(E15) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4 6. Nbd2
Bc3 7. Rb1 Bb7 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Rg1 Qf6 10. Bc1 Nc6
11. e3 Nb4 12. Rb2 c5 13. Be2 cd4 14. ed4 Nf2 15. Kf2
Bd4 16. Kg2 Bb2 17. a3 Bc1 18. Qc1 Na6 19. b4 O-O
20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Qb1 h6 22. Bh7 Kh8 23. Be4 d5
24. cd5 Bd5 25. Bd5 ed5 26. Qd3 Nc7 27. Rf1 Ne6
28. Qd5 Rfd8 29. Qe4 Ng5 30. Qb1 Qc6 31. Qe1 Rd3
32. h4 Re8 33. Qe8 Qe8 34. hg5 hg5 35. Rf2 f6 36. g4
Qe6 37. Nh2 Ra3
Budapest Trap [Budapest Gambit]
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 e5 3. de5 Ng4 4. h3 Ne3

Bobby Fischer Trap [Old Sicilian]


Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958
(B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 g6 5. Be3 Nf6
6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Na5 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bf7 Kf7
11. Ne6 de6 12. Qd8 Nc6 13. Qd2 Be5 14. O-O Nd6
15. Bf4 Nc4 16. Qe2 Bf4 17. Qc4 Kg7 18. Ne4 Bc7
19. Nc5 Rf6 20. c3 e5 21. Rad1 Nd8 22. Nd7 Rc6 23. Qh4

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#

French King Trap [French: Rubenstein]


Najdorf vs Gliksberg, 1929
(C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6
6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. Nf6 gf6 10. Nf7 Kf7
11. Qh5 Kg8 12. Re1 Nf8 13. Re6 Ne6 14. Bc4 Qd6
15. Bh6 Bf8 16. Re1 Bc8 17. Qe8 Bd7 18. Re6 Re8
19. Re8 Be6 20. Be6 Qe6 21. Rf8#
Italian King Trap [Italian: Two Knights]
Kerner vs A Brinckmann, 1955
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nf7 Bf2
6. Kf1 Qe7 7. Nh8 d5 8. ed5 Nd4 9. h3 Ng4 10. hg4 Bg3

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

For all you piano players (no pun intended)


Greco vs NN, 1620
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 7 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6
6. de5 Ne4 7. Qd5
Legal's mate
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750
(C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Bg4 4. Nc3 g6 5. Ne5 Bd1
6. Bf7 Ke7 7. Nd5#
Nasty Knight
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nd2 e5 3. de5 Ng4 4. h3 Ne3
Sneaky!!!
M Warren vs Jan Selman, 1932
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. de5 Ne4 4. a3 d6 5. ed6 Bd6 6. g3
Nf2
A trap in the Sicilian
R F Combe vs W Hasenfuss, 1933
(A43) Old Benoni, 4 moves, 0-1
1. d4 c5 2. c4 cd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. Ne5 Qa5

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#

Trap in the Vienna


Kutjanin vs Jakobjuk, 1940
(C27) Vienna Game, 7 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Ne4 4. Bf7 Kf7 5. Ne4 Nc6
6. Qf3 Kg8 7. Ng5
Good night, knight
V Borsony vs A Laustsen, 1956
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 7 moves, 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3
Ng4 7. Bb5
Trapped in the Scandinavian
Balode vs Sondore, 1965
(B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
1. e4 d5 2. ed5 Qd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4
6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Qh5
"The Smith-Morra Gambit at its finest..."
D Zardus vs A Steventon, 1986
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 7 moves, 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cd4 3. c3 dc3 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. e5
de5 7. Bf7

Goring Gambit - Sea Cadet Mate


Falkbeer vs NN, 1847
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 ed4 4. Bc4 d6 5. c3 dc3 6. Nc3
Bg4 7. O-O Ne5 8. Ne5 Bd1 9. Bf7 Ke7 10. Nd5#
Excellent Knight + Bishop sac
B Wall vs W Wall, 1969
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Bb4 5. c3 Ba5
6. Bg5 Ne7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf6 gf6 9. Bf6 Qd7 10. Bh7
Kh7 11. Qh5 Kg8 12. Qh8#
Clever bishop sac in the French Advance
B Wall vs H Murtaugh, 1971
(C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3
c4 7. Be2 Bd7 8. Nbd2 Nge7 9. Bc4 dc4 10. Nc4 Qc7
11. Nd6
Trap in the Ruy Lopez
R Adams vs B Wall, 1976
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 9
moves, 0-1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4
6. h3 h5 7. Bc6 bc6 8. hg4 hg4 9. Ne5 Qh4

A "top notch opening trap" - Sneaky


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#w
B Wall vs Gantt, 1978
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Qa4
Nbd7 7. Bf7 Kf7 8. Ng5
The Milner-Barry Gambit
J Martinez vs D Rybansky, 1993
(C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 1-0
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3
cd4 7. cd4 Nd4 8. Nd4 Qd4 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bd7 Kd7
11. Qd4
The budapest at its best!
Biegler vs Peperle, 1952
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. h3 Bf2 5. Kf2 Ne4 6. Kf3
Qh4 7. g3 Qg3 8. Ke4 f5 9. Kf5 d6 10. Ke4 Bf5 11. Kf5
Qg6#

Kan u trap him?


NN vs Pandolfini, 1967
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 6 moves, 0-1
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 a6 5. Bf4 e5 6. Be5
Qa5

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