Atomic Opening Traps

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RorschachTest1

feel free to post your own atomic opening traps here grin.png. in this one my opponent did not have to gobble up my pieces the way that they did but i think black may actually be lost after 3...d5 even with better play. what do you think about 3...d5?

Miniongolf

This one is very simple

 

33eric2008

noice

RorschachTest1

here is another one:

1. Ng1f3 f7f6
2. e2e4 Nb8a6
3. Nf3g5 f6g5
4. Qd1h5 g7g6
5. Qh5d5

(for some reason the pgn wouldn't work...) anyways here is a picture of the position after the above sequence of moves. whites queen threatens two different wins and black cannot stop both.

RorschachTest1

ah i see what you did there >.< i was very confused looking through the diagram for a minute lol.

RorschachTest1

in this position white played Qd3?? which allows a two move forced king explosion: the response Be2 ensures that whites king will explode (for those who don't know, in atomic chess you can respond to a check or even a potential checkmate by exploding your opponents king and you will win)

Garbage_speedrun

Very effective against lower rated players who go into this line (1. Nc3 e6 2. Ne4)

rook_fianchetto_37

why not 1Nf3, f6, 2e3, Nc6, 3 Ng5, fxg5, 4Qh5, g6, 5Qd5 1-0

RorschachTest1

yes the one where you swing your queen from h5 to d5 is classic. i posted a a picture of it above.

RorschachTest1

my opponents queen gets trapped and when they save it the king gets trapped instead.

(of course the knight on f3 and the pawn on e4 explode after the capture)

RorschachTest1

does anyone know if there is a better way to do post these xD

sabfrompc
rune_raider wrote:

That's a good idea regarding posting a final position.

1 Nf3 f6

2 Nc3 c6

3 d4 d5?

4 e4 dxe4??

5 Nd5 cxd5

6 Qh5+ g6

7 Bb5+ Nc6

8 Qd5! Qa5+

9 b4 1-0

 

I don't think it's fair to label 3... d5 as a mistake. The positions after 3... d5 4. e4 Nh6 or even 3... d5 4. e4 Bg4 5. Nb5 dxe4 6. f3 cxb5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 are both fairly playable by two knights line standards, even though they both should be lost objectively for black. 4... dxe4 I will agree to being a blunder though.

MayimChayim

Thanks guys I learned something lol

RorschachTest1

 here is the game without a watermark. it took me a while to find a software that is free, allows screen cropping and doesn't put a watermark unless you pay... (tinytake)

RorschachTest1

another one.

RorschachTest1

here is a common trap. in this position it would be a big mistake to take the queen because the knight will come in next move forking blacks queen and bishop and the king will explode because the bishop is no longer there to capture the knight.

rook_fianchetto_37

its stoppable with f5

RorschachTest1

true.

RorschachTest1

here is an atomic opening repertoire with a bunch of possible traps. (i used an engine to analyze the lines) below is a video of the main line: 

 

Garbage_speedrun

A couple of traps in 1. Nh3, 2. Nc3 opening I had like a few hundred of times in my games: