List of chess traps
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In chess, a trap is a move which tempts the opponent to play a bad move.[1] Traps are common in all phases of the game; in the opening, some traps have occurred often enough that they have acquired names.[citation needed ] If the opponent sees through the trap, it can backfire.[1]
List of chess traps
[edit ]Ordered by chess opening:
- Albin Countergambit: Lasker Trap
- Blackmar–Diemer Gambit: Halosar Trap
- Bogo-Indian Defence: Monticelli Trap
- Budapest Gambit: Kieninger Trap
- Englund Gambit Trap
- Italian Game: Blackburne Shilling Gambit
- Petrov's Defence: Marshall Trap
- Philidor Defence: Légal Trap
- Queen's Gambit Declined:
- Ruy Lopez:
- Sicilian Defence:
- Vienna Gambit: Würzburger Trap
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b Horowitz, I. A. (1971). All About Chess. New York: Macmillan. pp. 46–47. LCCN 75131476.
