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The Best Chess Traps of all time
Traps are extremely satisfying to pull off in chess, most of them lead us to a better understanding of tactics and strategies

The Best Chess Traps of all time

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These are a compilation of the most famous ones that I could find, as I have found many posts online with lots of names of traps to use, but not explanation whatsoever. In case you knew another trap, please tell me in the comments so I can add it as soon as possible! 

Lègal trap (Phillidor Defense)

Blackburne Shilling Gambit trap

Fajarowicz Trap (from Budapest Gambit)

Tennison Gambit trap
Englund gambit trap 
Fishing Pole Trap (Ruy López and Sicilian)
Elephant trap (Queen's Gambit declined)
Noah's Ark Trap (Ruy López)

Lasker Trap (Albin Countergambit)

Magnus Smith Trap (Sicilian Defence)

Rubinstein Trap (Queen's Gambit declined)

Siberian Trap (Sicilian Defence)

Kieninger Trap (Budapest Gambit)

Milner-Barry Gambit Trap (French Defence)

Sicilian Alapin Trap (Sicilian Defence)
Petrov's Defence Trap

Smith and Morra Gambit trap: (Sicilian Defence)

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I stopped playing chess like ten years ago, as I found chess to be really positional and, therefore, boring. I also didn't have the means to improve, as a chess player. 

Years later, I watched a video on YouTube about the Danish Gambit that made me fall in love again with this beautiful art: there is an aggresive way to play that is FUN. 

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