The Best Opening Traps Ever (And how to avoid them)
In chess, everyone knows the first stage of the game is the opening. However, it isn't uncommon to lose in the opening stage. The most common way to lose in the opening is to fall in an opening trap. Beginners can fall into them a lot, and even intermediate and advanced players can fall into them, especially in bullet. In this blog, I will be looking into some of the best opening traps, as well as how to avoid them.
#7 - Legals Trap
As seen there, playing incorrectly as black can lead to checkmate. However, I ranked this at the bottom because of two reasons: 1) It is really easy to avoid 2) Every amateur will definitely know this trap. With that said, lets see how to avoid it
Yep! It's really easy to avoid the trap 
#6 - Lasker Trap
As you can see, playing incorrectly as white can lead to a massive disadvantage. However, like Legals Trap, this trap is easily avoidable. So lets see how to avoid it.
Now white is ahead a pawn and won't fall into that trap
#5 - Blackburne Shilling Gambit Trap
This trap can be used to catch new players and beginners more often than you think. However, just like all traps, it can be avoided. So lets see how you can avoid it
Yeah, it's that simple
#4 - Elephant Trap
If your opponent is new to playing the queen's gambit as white, they can often fall into this trap. However, experienced players tend to not fall into this trap, simply because of how avoidable it is. So lets see how to avoid it
As you can see, this trap is also very easy to avoid. However, don't be afraid to try it on someone who is new to playing the queen's gambit, as they can easily fall into it !
#3 - Englund Trap
This trap is an incredible trap, since it can easily come as a surprise to white. However, this trap is avoidable. So lets see how to avoid
This trap is like gambling. If white plays correctly, he is at an advantage. However, if white plays incorrectly, black is at a massive advantage. The reason this is ranked so high is because it is tempting for most players to play Bc3 over Nc3.
#2 - Fishing pole Trap
This trap can be very fateful for white. And like elephant's trap, you can use this to trick people who are new to playing the Ruy Lopez. However, this trap is also avoidable. So lets see how to avoid it.
All you gotta do is just not take the knight
And finally,
#1 - Budapest Gambit
As you can see, black gets checkmated if he isn't careful. So why is this the best opening trap? This is for several reasons: 1) It's very easy to trick new players with this 2) This trap is like multiple traps in one, as it has a lot of variations. However, it was a tough choice if this should be #1 or if Fishing Pole should be #1. The tiebreaker was the fact that even if white avoids the trap, black will not be losing. Speaking of which, how does white avoid the trap? Well, lets see.
This trap is also pretty easy to avoid. However, even if white avoids this, black isn't losing.
In conclusion, opening traps are a great way to fool your opponent and get an advantage. However, it is usually gambling, as if your opponent does not fall for it, you could be at a big disadvantage.
Thank you for reading my blog and I hope you enjoyed it !
