Politiken Cup - fun game.

Politiken Cup - fun game.

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e4

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22 Jul 14
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An entertaining 20 mover.....enjoy.

Sigurd B Justinussen - David Smerdon, Politiken Cup 2014

e4

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22 Jul 14

And this 5 mover, often repated on RHP from the same tournament.

Richard Rapport - Tim L Rogers, Politiken Cup, 2014.

Boston Lad

USA

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23 Jul 14

A rare Suffocation Mate. Thanks, greenpawn34.

e4

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Hi Gramps,

Actually I'm wrong. No one on RHP has fallen for that 5 mover.
There are 20+ that have fallen for a slight variation of it but they are all 6 moves.

ChessPraxis - Talisman RHP 2012



Edit: OTB this trick as 20+ victims as well.

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23 Jul 14

That and many other traps can be found in the best ever book about traps:
"Combinations and traps in the opening" by Veinstein (name can be spelled differently), translated from Russian.
Tiny book but full of anectodes, like a short story collection. Story with a drummer from big band - drummer has a chess table on his big drum - is very amusing and the variation of Nimzo-indian defense is still usable.