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C50 Blackburne Shilling Gambit - Mate In 7



Mike59
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Mike59

I fell in this trap...
elbowgrease

here's one:

elbowgrease

also QGD:

shmiff

Unbelievable! I read this thread yesterday and today tried playing a 10-0 live game for the first time since I can remember, and my white opponent played straight into the only trap that I really looked at properly! They avoided taking the knight at first but the trap still worked a few moves later. Thank you very much :)

arkledale



jphillips

How about the Legal Trap?



zxzyz

This one worked for me:

 

And also this one!

 



hithesh1111
Ghuzultyy wrote:
 

super

kyriazis

A trap in the Sicilian Grand Prix

kyriazis

A tricky little 7 move mate that ive used for a quick win more than once

BlessedStar

I have won so many games with this one...

 

PS I know I am not meant to play Bf4 in the queens gambit due to cxd4 but I play this against amatuers

Spacealien101
rooperi wrote:

I must have at least half a dozen wins on this site with this:

i think the actual trap is this : ( very very common ) 

 

 
Spacealien101

Bird's Opening : 

mr_Greed101

good move

SergCashFlow

Many chess gambits in Russian http://2ls.ru/shahmatnye-debyuty

blake78613

The Ben-oni is just one big positional trap.

blasterdragon
gundamv

Noah's Ark Trap, can come up in Ruy Lopez and Nimzo-Indian, two widely used openings.