Sneaky Opening Traps (Guilty Pleasures)

Here are five sneaky opening traps (some good ... some bad).
Feel free to add more.
1. Caro-Kann

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1.	e4	c6
2.	d4	d5
3.	Nc3	dxe4
4.	Nxe4	Nd7
5.	Qe2	Ngf6

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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2 Ngf6

Can you post some more advanced stuff? You're stuff are nice, but too basic.

1. Nd6#

Here's a bookish Budapest trap.

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1.	d4	Nf6
2.	c4	e5
3.	dxe5	Ng4
4.	Bf4	Nc6
5.	Nf3	Bb4
6.	Nbd2	Qe7
7.	a3	Ngxe5
8.	axb4

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 Ngxe5 8.axb4

Here's one I very nearly fell for in the pub the other night. I was Black.

EVENT	Pub Blitz
SITE	Far From The Madding Crowd
DATE	2008.09.18
ROUND	-
WHITE	Somebody better at blitz than me
BLACK	Fat Lady
RESULT	*

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1.	d4	Nf6
2.	c4	d6
3.	Nc3	e5
4.	dxe5	dxe5
5.	Qxd8	Kxd8
6.	Bg5	c6
7.	O-O-O	Kc7
8.	Ne4

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[Event "Pub Blitz"]
[Site "Far From The Madding Crowd"]
[Date "2008.09.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Somebody better at blitz than me"]
[Black "Fat Lady"]
[Result "*"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. O-O-O+
Kc7 8. Ne4
*

I'm in a Diemer mood, I might as well close with one.

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1.	d4	d5
2.	e4	dxe4
3.	Nc3	Nf6
4.	f3	exf3
5.	Qxf3	Qxd4
6.	Be3	Qb4
7.	0-0-0	Bg4
8.	Nb5

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1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 Qxd4 6.Be3 Qb4 7.0-0-0 Bg4 8.Nb5

Come on... More advanced stuff.... I got all of this stuff within, like, 3 seconds...

Originally posted by moteutsch
Come on... More advanced stuff.... I got all of this stuff within, like, 3 seconds...

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1.	Nf3	d5
2.	b3	c5
3.	e4	dxe4
4.	Ne5

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1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Ne5

Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
Here are five sneaky opening traps (some good ... some bad).
Feel free to add more.
1. Caro-Kann
[pgn] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2 Ngf6 [/pgn]

5. Qe2 ?!
5. ... Ngf6 ??
White to move. 🙂

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1.	e4	c6
2.	d4	d5
3.	Nc3	dxe4
4.	Nxe4	Nd7
5.	Ng5	h6

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 h6

Originally posted by schakuhr
[pgn] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 h6[/pgn]

You gotta love this one.

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1.	d4	Nf6
2.	Bg5	c6
3.	e3

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1. d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3

I remember a miniature where white sacs his queen and plays Rxa7 followed by c7 which promotes and wins. Does anyone know it?

There might be a variation on it played by a Polgar.