Opening traps

Anybody here who likes to play opening traps?

@Carnivorum, I can't say I enjoy opening traps cause I don't know them all but they are useful in learning openings e.g. the Lasker trap after the legendary 2nd World Champion Emanuel Lasker

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin, Lasker Trap


Who has never lost their Queen to this trap before you graduate as a new chess player?

@congruent

The first one is Albin's counter gambit. I tried it some times, never caught anybody with it. But I have a lot of success with the Tennison gambit, and the Englund gambit.

Here is a game of mine in which the enemy fell victim to the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile variation of the Tennison gambit: https://lichess.org/Se7kxbykHTQM

The enemy surrendered on move 8 😆

I really like that game, h6 is a blunder as the Queen on d8 just needs the Bishop to check the King. Thanks for sharing. he needs to play Nd7 to block the d1 to de8.

The one thing that would put me off bullet/blitz for several days is falling to a well prepared trap. You feel like you've been hit by a truck.

@congruent said
I really like that game, h6 is a blunder as the Queen on d8 just needs the Bishop to check the King. Thanks for sharing. he needs to play Nd7 to block the d1 to de8.

The one thing that would put me off bullet/blitz for several days is falling to a well prepared trap. You feel like you've been hit by a truck.

But this was not even bullet or blitz, this was standard, 15 minutes plus 15 sec increment, so plenty of time to think.
And still he fell for it.
Well, it is not so easy to see, the move Nxf7 out of the blue is hard to see.

That's the whole point of those traps; it is so hard to see them coming.

And I have a few more traps that I try, and regularly I have miniatures less than 10 moves.

I think it is hilarious those games less than 10 moves because of a trap.

This one I played a week ago, these are quite rare, maybe once or twice a year I get one, but they are brutal: https://lichess.org/31x91sWsc3Q6

I REALLY love opening traps!

A year or two ago I went through a phase of playing 1.... c6 against everything. Researching the outflank variation against 1.b4 I came across this one played at 2200 level in a tournament in 1970's. It has since caught out a quite a few playing fast on lichess and elsewhere no doubt.

@Ragwort

That's a great one! Mate on move 6, LOL!

A great trap.

Beginner piece trap known as Noah's Ark.

@congruent

The first day I started playing on a chess club, I fell victim to the Noah's ark trap.

Somehow I miraculously managed to win the game, but I got my first taste of traps in the opening.

I didn't realize at that time it was a trap I had fallen victim to, but once my trappy career was started my eyes were opened.

@congruent said
Beginner piece trap known as Noah's Ark.

[pgn][Event "Ruy Lopez, Noah's Ark Trap: Ruy Lopez, Noah's Ark Trap"]
[Site "Congruent"]
[Date "2024.01.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[UTCDate "2024.01.24"]
[UTCTime "09:31:09"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Noah's Ark Trap"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Qxd4 c5
*[/pgn]

There's an "oh wait does it work?" moment with Qd5 Be6 Qc6 Bd7 - whew, it does. Qd5 c4.

If you've ever played the Ruy then this trap is a baptism of fire, congrats on going thru🔥

The Noah's Ark Trap is a family of traps in the Ruy Lopez chess opening in which a white bishop is trapped on the b3-square by black pawns. The origin of the name is uncertain. The shape of the black pawns on a6, b5, and c4 may resemble an ark, or the name may suggest that the trap is "as old as Noah's Ark".

Noah's Ark s so named because the trap is that old.
Only 63 RHP victims and some games have ended
in a perpetual with Black missing they can play c5-c4
Game 12611318

Go down to the bottom of the page, click on 'Games Explorere'
enter 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Qf3


and see how RHP players have fallen for it that one. (also note White does not always win.)

@greenpawn34, that isn't the Noah's ark trap. How many have fallen for the Noah's ark on RHP?

@congruent

Look at the first part of my post and the linked game.

@greenpawn34 I see it now, how do you post a picture of a game like you did?