The Trapper Trapped

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TheOldReb

The following game is quite amusing in that my opponent is a very good friend and also a NM . We have played hundreds , maybe even thousands, of games against each other since we first met in 1986. We often like to play "races" of the first to win 5 games, draws not counting and our races are very hotly contested and sometimes for small wagers but most often just for "bragging rights". My friend, and opponent in this game, almost always opens with 1 e4 to which I usually choose the french defense which he likes to say isnt "sound" and he prefers the carokann himself.  We often prepare nasty surprises for one another in our games and the following is one that I prepared ust for him but which I have also caught other players in as well...... enjoy ! Our races are always blitz of 5-0 or 3-0 games and this game kept him from falling for this in a classic game later in a tournament !

-waller-

Wow! That's a pretty amazing trap! Very difficult to see and in blitz I would venture near impossible if you haven't seen it before. Not quite enough to make me take up the French, but its tempting!

Little-Ninja

Very cool! Nice story and a nice trap. I will have to watch for that one.

Elubas

Awesome!

gorgeous_vulture

A thing of beauty!

dschaef2

Brilliant.

bigpoison

And here I was, expecting to read a story about some southern boy caught in one of his own Conibears.

Cool game, Rex.

orangehonda

Nice, I've never seen this.

dharmaraj_guru

very nice trap

Azukikuru

Good one. Funny though that your friend thought you'd fall for a simple discovered attack like that...

oinquarki

Whoa! Awesome!

LuckyTiger

good job :)

Dragec
nice trap.
RoadtoGM

Very nice.  I play the Tarrasch, so I'll try to remember never to fall for this myself.

C-Saw

Oh man..That is good ! and you know Im a french player! Thanks Rex!

rednblack

Thanks for posting this, reb.  Fun to watch and a really nice trap.

pathfinder416

You know, I always forget to thank my opponent when he opens the h-file for me :).

SimonSeirup

Hehe, very nice, thanks for sharing.

panderson2

That's gallery material ...

Larsarov

Ups Laughing what a beautifull counter trap it almost make me want to play French defence againWink