Chess Traps

I thought chess traps were good to know, but I never thought they could really work. After now. This game was played against an opponent weaker then I. I played black. I did the fishing pole trap. What do you think? Does anybody won or lost a game beacause of a trap? 

studying traps is good for your tactical development, even if they don't come up too often in real play. The ideas though will occur in different forms though, although you have to do it right or you could end up on the wrong end of the trap.

Can someone please tell me the names of some good traps, and where I could find them? I like this one a lot, and want some more. :)

i learnt this when i was 4 years old

http://www.thechesswebsite.com/chess-traps/index.php

I'd made several pages here of fairly easy known traps years ago:

Traps:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
• Part 6
• Part 7
• Part 8

Seems like you have some interesting pages there batgirl.

Thanks, Scottrf.

This is a good trap to know: