I can't watch the video rn cuz my youtube is glitched, but I just want to tell you one thing, opening traps are never good for a long time solution. They only work against 1600- player bc they don't know most of the traps yet. I recommend studying 1-2 opening per side and master these openings, so that you can grind them down in the middlegame and win in the endgame.
My Recommended Chess Opening Traps to get from 1000 to 1600 elo
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Oct 11, 2023
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Of course they're not a long time solution, but it gives you an edge or a flat-out checkmate. This stuff is particularly for blitz chess.
AllenJiao wrote:
Opening traps are never good for a long time solution. They only work against 1600- player bc they don't know most of the traps yet. I recommend studying 1-2 opening per side and master these openings, so that you can grind them down in the middlegame and win in the endgame.
I would be a bit more careful about making such sweeping generalizations. There’s no harm in a chess trap as long as it doesn’t have a refutation. For example, below is the Basman-Palatnik Double Pawn Gambit, of the Delayed Alapin Sicilian. White is down 2 pawns but has a ~60/20/20 win/draw/loss ratio in ~150 games, and the computer gives White a roughly +0.5 advantage. It also comes with a bunch of traps free of charge. This is still my main opening against the d6 Sicilian, because if someone falls for a trap, I win, and if they don’t, it’s fine and I play a perfectly good game of chess.
Also, your theory for how people should learn openings works for some, but for others, it is better to just simply learn mass quantities of openings, as you’ll have an idea of what to do in essentially every situation this way. Especially when learning, I would recommend switching out your entire repertoire every 6 months to a year, or even more frequently. If you know you have a tournament upcoming, stick with the openings you’ll play at the tournament though.
Oct 16, 2023
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Ethan_Brollier wrote:
AllenJiao wrote:
AllenJiao wrote:
Opening traps are never good for a long time solution. They only work against 1600- player bc they don't know most of the traps yet. I recommend studying 1-2 opening per side and master these openings, so that you can grind them down in the middlegame and win in the endgame.
I would be a bit more careful about making such sweeping generalizations. There’s no harm in a chess trap as long as it doesn’t have a refutation. For example, below is the Basman-Palatnik Double Pawn Gambit, of the Delayed Alapin Sicilian. White is down 2 pawns but has a ~60/20/20 win/draw/loss ratio in ~150 games, and the computer gives White a roughly +0.5 advantage. It also comes with a bunch of traps free of charge. This is still my main opening against the d6 Sicilian, because if someone falls for a trap, I win, and if they don’t, it’s fine and I play a perfectly good game of chess.
Also, your theory for how people should learn openings works for some, but for others, it is better to just simply learn mass quantities of openings, as you’ll have an idea of what to do in essentially every situation this way. Especially when learning, I would recommend switching out your entire repertoire every 6 months to a year, or even more frequently. If you know you have a tournament upcoming, stick with the openings you’ll play at the tournament though.
That's one of my favorite traps! And also one of the traps I included in the video I made. I mean a lot of these traps are just sound moves; it's not like if they don't fall for the trap you've made a terrible move, and if that's the case it's probably not a very good one. But this Sicilian trap is great because either way you have a high win chance as you've mentioned.
Hey all,
I made this video on my favorite chess opening traps. These really helped me improve my elo and if nothing else gave me many many easy wins - particularly the Caro Kann Two Knights Attack one.
Let me know what you think, or if you know of other great beginner traps worth learning!