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checkmateibeatu

By "effective" I mean people will fall for it more likely than other traps.

Scoring system:

1st place: 3 points

2nd place: 2 points

3rd place: 1 point

Current poll Leaders as of 8/26/11 3:09 AM PST:

Blackburn Trap- 6

Fishing Pole 4

2.g3 in the reversed sicillian which yeilds white a pawn advantage post #16- 3

A trap in the Urusov Gambit on Post #6 -3

A version of the Noah's Ark Trap on Post #7- 3

Ruy Lopez 3

Kostic Trap 3

Some trap in the Sicillian on Post #10- 3

pauix's trap against Ng5- 3

A trap in the Queen's Gambit after 3.b5?- 3

Mortimer Trap 2

Fool's Mate 2

A trap in the Scotch Game on post #12- 2

Lasker Trap 2

A fork on Post #13- 1

Arctor

I like this one:

 

AKJett

this is actually an opening named Ruy Lopez

and black isn't forced to play a6. he can try Nf6, Berlin Defense, or Bc5 ,Classical Defense, with an even game...

 I know i am 250 pts lower rated than you but...

Frankdawg

Ghuzultyy

NineofWands

How about this that works quite well;

Ghuzultyy

AndTheLittleOneSaid
Roeczak wrote:

this is actually an opening named Ruy Lopez

and black isn't forced to play a6. he can try Nf6, Berlin Defense, or Bc5 ,Classical Defense, with an even game...

 I know i am 250 pts lower rated than you but...

...(it was a joke)

madhatter5
pauix
I know it is not a trap, but it's very useful against the Ng5 patzers:
Azukikuru

Only one trap has worked with me (twice!) against under-1800 players:

Then, there's this one in the Scotch Game, if you can consider it a trap:

None of the classical traps have worked with me - probably because those are the ones that beginners study in the hope of catching other beginners. From personal experience, I recommend these two, especially the first one against under-1800's.

Ghuzultyy

bguigz
pauix wrote:
I know it is not a trap, but it's very useful against the Ng5 patzers:

A few thoughts:

 

Your rating doesn't allow you to call anyone a patzer

 

Ng5 in the Two Knight may not be the best move, but is still a decent one (it not like it's a forced win for Black...)

 

The Traxler is double edged, can lead to short wins for Black as well as disastrous losses. Playing Bc5 and Bxf2+ isn't gonna make you win games miraculously. If it cold, it would be played by masters everytime time the opportunity arises, but it's not, so there must be a reason...

rooperi

I must have at least half a dozen wins on this site with this:

checkmateibeatu
brilliantboy wrote:

I like this one:

 


Why did you give the book line a double exclam?

checkmateibeatu
Frankdawg wrote:

 


I like that one too.

checkmateibeatu
Ghuzultyy wrote:

 


(post 6) What trap is that?

checkmateibeatu
pauix wrote:
I know it is not a trap, but it's very useful against the Ng5 patzers:

What the heck does that do about the fork?

pauix
checkmateibeatu wrote:
pauix wrote:
I know it is not a trap, but it's very useful against the Ng5 patzers:

What the heck does that do about the fork?


http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/chess-in-the-wild

Ghuzultyy

It is a line of Urusov Gambit.