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31st January 2008, 03:54pm
#1
by Chess_31
Quebec Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 38

A nice opening trap I set in one of my recent game.

31st January 2008, 04:18pm
#2
by TonightOnly
Phoenix, AZ United States
Member Since: Jun 2007
Member Points: 1521
This is more of a theme that can arise in many different situations. The lesson is "Don't start pushing wing pawns when your pieces are undeveloped."
31st January 2008, 04:23pm
#3
by Chess_31
Quebec Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 38
Yeah but if he would not have taken the knight it would not have happenned that's why I was calling that a trap.
1st February 2008, 05:37am
#4
by nightdweller
Quezon City Philippines
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 248
well it rarely happen in a game...
1st February 2008, 11:20am
#5
by KingLeopold
Scottsdale, AZ. United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 402
nightdweller wrote: well it rarely happen in a game...

What rarely happens happened and you cannot discount that fact.

I recently won a very short game with a simple trap of threating checkmate. Of course it rarely happens but there is always the exception to every rule.


1st February 2008, 11:39am
#6
by BILL_5666
Baltimore, Maryland United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 1193
This opening is reminiscent of the Ponziani, except that I thought that 2Nf3 was normal.  2Nf3 is the norm in very many 1e4, e4 openings, and it would have nullified this trap so I don't see it as being something that you can hope to use with any regularity.  Rather than this being an opening trap per se I see this as a refutation of not following the addage develop knights before bishops and don't push pawns more than about 3 times in the opening.  To be an actual opening trap your moves would have to refute what were (superficially at least) good opening moves. 
19th April 2008, 11:39am
#7
by chess_lifelong
Devon United Kingdom
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 74
once the bishop has gone to e5 you can stop losing the rook by Nf6 and then whens Bishop takes check Be7 to protect rook with Queen which is also terrible but just showing how you can stop losing the rook(or protect it with a piece)!
20th April 2008, 10:11am
#8
by Tsmag
Bolingbrook United States
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 19
Nice, but white could have gotten a fine game with Bxf7+!
 

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