300 Winning Chess Traps by Irving Chernev . . . . Plus 700 by Wall . . .

Traps have been helpful with teaching myself to look ahead for possiblilities on the board. Both my opponents and mine. Studying traps helps my tactical thought. I know most are built on relying on my opponents mistakes and if the opponent doesn;t bite, they often do leave you vulnerable positionally.

A double edged sword for sure.

October 17, 2019

My traps aren't working for me now . . . Im too old 82 . . .

I have this book that was reprinted in 1970 . It says on the cover the price was $2.95 .

Going to start studying these traps again . Wish I had the pgn's for this book .

i have to update this because I'm now 84 and my games are detiriorating miserable, so is my spelling . . .

I used to love traps maybe i should go back to them . . .

But many new openings are being used that aren't in the book . . .

There is another book that can be downloaded FREE "700 Traps" but i forgot the author . . .

Hang in there, Rich!

(It's "700 Opening Traps" by Bill Wall. Link is on his web site.)

THANKS

Hii Rich!! There are other Books on Traps n Zaps- 1. Gary Lane's - The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks & Traps 2. Chess opening Trap of the day - Bruce Alberston 3. Bruce Pandolfini - Chess Openings Traps n Zaps 4. 700 Opening Traps - Bill Wall 5. 101 Opening Surprises - Graham Burgess 6. Catastrophe in the Opening - Yakov Neishtadt

Is this one of them?

This is a trap that I've played on many as Black

No it's not one in the books . . .