Opening Traps
Blackburne's Shilling Gambit [C50] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Nxe5 [4.Nxd4] 4... Qg5 5.Nxf7 Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Nf3# 0-1
damiono's defence trap [C40] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 [4... g6 5.Qxe5+ Qe7 6.Qxh8] [4... Ke7] 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ Kg6 [6... d5 7.Bxd5+ Kg6] 7.Qf5+ Kh6 8.d4+ g5 9.h4 d5 10.hxg5+ Kg7 11.Qe5+ Kg6 12.Qxh8 dxc4 13.Qxh7# 1-0
fried liver attack [C57] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 threat Nxf7 4... d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 [5... Na5] 6.Nxf7 the Fried Liver 6... Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke8? 8.Bxd5 Nd4 9.Qf7# 1-0
fried liver variation [C57] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 threat Nxf7 4... d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 the Fried Liver 6... Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 8... Nd4? 9.Bxd5+ Ke7 10.Qf7+ Kd6 11.Ne4# 1-0
petroff defence trap [C42] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 [3... d6] 4.Qe2 Nf6 5.Nc6+ Qe7 6.Nxe7 1-0
scholar's mate [C23] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qh5 threat Qxf7 3... Nf6 missing the threat[3... Qe7] 4.Qxf7# 1-0
scholar's mate variation [C23] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qh5 threat Qxf7 3... Nh6 4.d4 Bxd4 5.Bxh6 gxh6 6.Qxf7# 1-0
scholar's trap [C23] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qh5 threat Qxf7 3... g6 4.Qxe5+ Qe7 5.Qxh8 1-0
vulnerable f7 [C57] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 threat Nxf7 4... h6 missing the threat [4... d5] 5.Nxf7 Qe7 6.Nxh8 1-0
[D52]cambridge springs 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Bd3 [7.cxd5] [7.Nd2] 7... Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxg5 9.Nxg5 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxg5 1-0
[A40]englund gambit 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7 4.Bf4
[4.Qd5] [4.Nc3] 4... Qb4+ 5.Bd2 Qxb2 6.Bc3 [6.Nc3] 6... Bb4 7.Qd2 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Qc1# 0-1
[C51]evans' gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Nxb4 5.Nxe5 [5.c3] 5... Qf6 6.O-O Qxe5 7.c3 Nc6 8.d4 Nxd4 9.cxd4 Bxd4 0-1
[C15]french winawer 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 [5... dxe4] 6.Qg4 dxe4 7.Qxg7 7... Qf6 8.Bh6 1-0
[C55]guioco piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 [4.d3] 4... Nxe4 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Ng3 =
legall's mate in modern setti [C34]1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 h6 5.h4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.d4 Nh5 8.Ne5 =
kga kieseritsky [C39]1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Bg7 6.Nxg4 d5 7.exd5 [7.Nf2] 7... Qe7+ 8.Kf2 [8.Be2 Bxg4] 8... Bd4+ 9.Kf3 h5 10.Nf2 Bg4+ 11.Nxg4 hxg4+ 12.Kxg4 f5+ 0-1
king's gambit declined [C30]1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.fxe5 Qh4+ 4.Ke2 Qxe4# 0-1
king's indian [E70]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 e5 [5... h6] [5... O-O] 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Nd5 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Ke8 10.Nxc7+ 1-0
lasker trap[D08] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.e3 [4.Nf3] 4... Bb4+ 5.Bd2 dxe3 6.Bxb4 exf2+ 7.Ke2 fxg1=N+ 8.Rxg1 Bg4+ 0-1
legall - st.brie [C23]legall's mate 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nxe5 Bxd1 6.Bxf7+ Ke7 7.Nd5# 1-0
benjafielddg - wippellcj [C60]legall's trap 19381.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 [3... a6] 4.Nc3 a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bb3 h6 7.d4 d6 8.a4 b4 9.Nd5 Bg4 10.Nxe5 Bxd1 [10... Nxe5 11.f3 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bh3 +-] 11.Nf6+ gxf6 12.Bxf7# 1-0
marshall trap[C42] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 [6... Be7] 7.O-O Bg4 8.c4 O-O 9.cxd5 [9.Nc3] 9... f5 10.Re1 10... Bxh2+ 11.Kxh2 Nxf2 12.Qc2 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qh4+ 15.Qh3 Qxe1 Marshall got a chance to play this against Janowski! 0-1
max lange [C55]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qxf6 [9... Qd5] 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.Qh5+ double attack 11... g6 12.Qxc5 1-0
max lange [C55] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Bc5 6.e5 d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.Re1+ Be6 9.Ng5 Qd5 10.Nc3 Qf5 11.Nce4 Bf8? [11... O-O-O] 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.g4 Qxf6 [14... Qxg4+ 15.Qxg4 Bxg4 16.f7#] 15.Rxe6 Qd8 16.Qf3 Qd7 17.Re7 Qxe7 [17... Bxe7 18.Qf7#] 18.Qd5+ 1-0
monticelli trap [C65]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.Nxe5 [5.O-O] 5... c6 6.Nc4 [6.Bc4 Qa5+] 6... Ng6 [6... cxb5 7.Nd6#] 7.Ba4 b5 0-1
noah's ark trap[C60] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 exd4 7.Nxd4 [ 7.Bd5] 7... Nxd4 8.Qxd4 8... c5 9.Qd5 Be6 10.Qc6+ Bd7 11.Qd5 c4 0-1
philidor game [C41]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Bg4 [3... Nf6] 4.d3 Ne7 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Ng5+ Kg8 7.Qxg4 =
[D51]queen's gambit declined 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nxd5 [6.e3] 6… Nxd5 7.Bxd8 Bb4+ 8.Qd2 Bxd2+ 9.Kxd2 Kxd8 0-1
[E16]queen’s Indian 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.Nc3 Ne4 [8... d5] 9.Qc2 9... Nxc3 10.Ng5 Ne4 11.Bxe4 Bxe4 12.Qxe4 Qxg5 13.Qxa8 1-0
[C88]ruy lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 8... Nxd4 [8... d6] 9.Bxf7+ Rxf7 10.Nxe5 Nc6 [10... Ne6 11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.e5 Ne8 13.Qf3+] 11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.e5 Ne8 13.Qd5+ Kf8 14.Re3 1-0
nimzovich [C66]ruy lopez 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Nxe4 [5... Bd7] 6.d5 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.dxc6 e4 9.Re1 d5 10.Be2 exf3 11.cxb7 Bxb7 12.Bb5# 1-0
sicilian dragon [B72]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Ng4 [6... Bg7] 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4 1-0
tarrasch trap[C83] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 9... Be7 [9... Bc5] 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nd4 Qd7 [11... Nxe5 12.f3 Bd6] 12.Nxe6 fxe6 [12... Qxe6 13.Rxe4] 13.Rxe4 1-0
evans' gambit trap [C51]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.b5 Na5 6.Nxe5 6... Nxc4 [6... Nh6] 7.Nxc4 Bxf2+ 8.Kxf2 Qf6+ 9.Qf3 Qxa1 [9... Qd4+ 10.Qe3 Qxc4] 10.Nc3 traps the queen 1-0
greco's trap [C54]z-b 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Nxc3 bernstein's variation 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Qb3 10... Bxa1 [10... d5 11.Bxd5 O-O 12.Bxf7+ Kh8] 11.Bxf7+ Kf8 12.Bg5 Ne7 13.Ne5 Bxd4 14.Bg6 d5 15.Qf3+ Bf5 16.Bxf5 Bxe5 17.Be6+ Bf6 18.Bxf6 winning 1-0
philidor's defence trap [C41]z-b 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.a4 sets a very subtle trap... 6... Be7 7.Bxf7+ Nxf7 8.Ne6 Qb6 9.a5 that's (partly) what the pawn move was for 9... Qb4+ 10.Bd2 Qc4 11.Nc7+ Kd8 12.b3 winning the Queen! 1-0