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Working Examples from the book '700 Opening Traps' [QGD]

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BadGambit
BadGambit
Jul 13, 2011
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The following examples are taken from the chapter in Bill Wall's book '700 Opening Chess Traps', which showcases some nice ideas and traps in the Queens Gambit Declined. The Queen’s Gambit Declined is more popular than the Queen’s Gambit Accepted and leads to a more solid game.


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drumdaddy
drumdaddy
Jul 25, 2012
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#2

Very nice traps! This must be a great book.

pfren
IM pfren
Show your flair!
Jul 25, 2012
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#3

Most of them are very poor play from both sides. For example, the game Fidlow vs. Mayer was presented here by a member as a "refutation of the Schara gambit" when in reality white is much worse after 5.de6? Bxe6.

AlexMccaffrey
AlexMccaffrey
Sep 18, 2017
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#4

I have this book and some of them work occasionally, but IM pfren is correct, there have to be mistakes to capitalize on, you won't get to employee these too often. Its great for concepts to build ideas off of.