5 Opening Traps you need to know

Welcome dear blog reader and get ready to be amazed by some of the most incredible opening traps that will absolutely STUN your opponent. So without further ado, I present to you...

The Blackburne Shilling Gambit

"Outsmart your opponent so they think they can win, but in reality the victory belongs to you"              -Unknown

As you can see on the 4th move for Black (Qg5) may look like a blunder as now the queen and the rook are forked- but are they... Black's queen infiltrates in White's territory, snagging a pawn with it. And a couple moves later the game ends when Black launches a beautiful smothered mate. Anyway, let us move on to the-

Englund Gambit

"When you see a good move, look for a better one"                                                                              -Emanuel Lasker

This trap is a good example of sacrificing a lesser piece so your opponent sacrifices the game or blunders. The queen slides out early revealing a triple fork on the king, bishop and pawn- (potentially trapping the rook.) White brings it's bishop back, (because it's better to deal with to things rather than three) and in doing so Black recaptures the b2 pawn- but the rook isn't trapped. A couple moves later, Black trades of their dark-squared bishop and the game is finished with a back-rank mate. Moral of the story- don't get arrogant!!

Italian Game Trap

"And then he sacrifices... THE QUEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNN!!!!!"                                                              -GothamChess

Wow. Just beautiful. Have you ever seen taking a queen a blunder? Well now you have! I won't talk too long because we need to move on to a opening I hope all of you now...

Scholars Mate

"Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind"                                            -Bobby Fischer

Although there are many variants to this 4 move mate, I chose this one because it's one of the fastest ways to get a victory.

ICBM

"Chess is everything: art, science and sport"                                                                                          -Anatoly Karpov

The Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile attack will probably only work once in your life (against a low-rated opponent) and when you do play it- it will be the game of your lifetime.

So, I hope you enjoyed this article and learned some useful traps to use in your games and I'm looking forward to seeing you in my next blog.

Peace out