10 BEST traps every chess player should know!!!

[@marknieuweboer8099]

Trap 2 has an inaccurate move order, because 4...d5! leaves Black with some advantage. Instead 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bxe4 5.Qxd4 etc.

[@Chessbrainly]

At 4th move if d5 then yep 👍 you are right black will be up a pawn and his knight will be centralized as well but here I just covered if he plays the natural moves. Thx for spotting it though 🙂👍.

[@uneebkhan4683]

Very nice

[@kitanoken5987]

#9 doesn’t seem so much like a trap as it is just punishing a blunder. Opponent overlooking Qa5# is really the only thing happening there. A great move for sure and many lower elo players won’t spot it but it is a very simple idea that is more of punishing a mistake than luring an opponent to make a mistake as traps work.

[@KeithCanfield-bm2ne]

In trap #1 why wouldnt black play g7 to g6 and attack the queen rather than blocking the bishop?

[@Chessbrainly]

Because after g6 there is Qd5! Attacking the knight and threatening checkmate at the same time and white is winning.

[@KeithCanfield-bm2ne]

​@@Chessbrainlybut then you just play e6 without the queen to block the attacking pawn? I still don't see why you would block the bishop rather than attack the queen from that setup?

[@Chessbrainly]

@@KeithCanfield-bm2ne And after e6 you can take the knight 🙂