Top 10 Caro-Kann TRAPS For White!

These are the 10 most mind boggling traps you will ever see in the Caro-Kann Defense! Have fun surprising your opponents!
PGN of Traps:
🔽 Trap 1 🔽
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nbd7 6. Nd6#
🔽 Trap 2 🔽
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Ne5 Bh7 8. Qh5 g6 9. Bc4 (9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Qb3 e6 (10... Qd5 11. Qxb7 Qxe5+ 12. Be2 Bg7 13. Qc8#) 11. Qxb7 Nbd7 12. Nxc6 Qc8 13. Ba6 Qxb7 14. Bxb7) 9... e6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Qxe6+ Kf8 13. Qf7#
🔽 Trap 3 🔽
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. cxd5 Qxb2 8. Rc1 Nb4 9. Na4 Qxa2 10. Bc4 Qa3 11. Rc3
🔽 Trap 4 🔽
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nxd4 9. Nb5 Qb6 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Qa4+
🔽 Trap 5 🔽
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Bf5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nd5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Kd8 10. Nb6
🔽 Trap 6 🔽
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bf5 8. Qb3
🔽 Trap 7 🔽
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Be7
🔽 Trap 8 🔽
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 Qxd4 9. N1f3 Qd8 (9... Bb4+ 10. c3 Bxc3+ 11. Kf1) 10. Ne5
🔽 Trap 9 🔽
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Qxd4 10. Nxf7 Bxd3 11. Nxh8 Qe5+ 12. Be3 Bh7 13. Qd8+
🔽 Trap 10 🔽
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 h6 8. Nxe6 Qe7 (8... fxe6 9. Bg6+ Ke7 10. O-O Nb6 11. b3) 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. Bf4 b5 12. a4 Bb7 13. Re1
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - 3 Categories
1:26 - Two Knight's Attack Traps
5:04 - Panov-Botvinnik Traps
10:53 - Main Line Traps
17:45 - Gary Kasparov Fell For This Trap
20:32 - Watch London Traps Next
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[@MrHarpJ]

6:44 the queen is not trapped you can move Knight C2 delivering check you lose you knight but free a way out for your queen and considering the queen took 2 pawns you are not that behind (of course it is a bad situation but it is not an instant loss. in second variation Knight to D3 bishop has to takem if queen takes knight is gone and if rock takes bishop is gone, and after bishop takes Queen takes on D5 and is safe taking 3 pawns for one Knight + threating the diagonal to H1

[@jasonhalverson1180]

I was about to comment that

[@twoarrow9134]

thumbnail queen isn’t trapped, Nc2+ or Nd3+ forces white to take the knight or move the king, and either way the queen now has an open diagonal

[@elol9025]

did you even notice that the pawns are taking away the diagonal that queen can move to?

[@elol9025]

shi nvm qb4 was a thing

[@Deadeye1967]

@@elol9025 No he is correct, did you even notice Qb4 and Qd6 is available?

[@Texan_Ranger]

the wide range of content on this channel is amazing

[@warrior_dark]

Now wait for your opponent playing Caro-Kann

[@RapBopzShorts]

I'm a proud caro kann player

[@Felix.Dragon.]

I play the caro kann.

[@miklosmohai6585]

Lichess marks the Caro-Kann as inaccuracy, I wonder if it scares away new players

[@zoe7696]

the lichess cloud analysis says the french is the best response to e4, you have to take what it says with a grain of salt

[@nattapakniranittikul]

Now that I finished this video. I'll never get my opponents to play caro-kann for the next week. Happened all the time everytime I studied a trap/opening

[@arrowofkira5658]

As a caro player myself, I'm happy to see this so i don't fall for those tricks thanks Nelson :) (but i knew some of them already still a good refresher for the memory)

[@robertakerman3570]

It's not always "what", but how it's said. Nels has that knack.

[@sebastianfalcon4400]

Hey great video, love the fact that they're always well structured and orderly, so it's easier to understand them and also to go back and rewatch. Keep it up, and thank you!

[@bestindustry9065]

at the queen trap black could have gave with his knight a check at c2 then moved out the queen

[@a_doggo]

Loved this; thank you for the pgn files as well, very thoughtful. The intro trap (forget the #) was a blast.

[@a_doggo]

Okay, trap 2 was pretty nuts too lol

[@rolandsz8831]

This is the single most useful video for me right now! I'm playing the Blackmar-Diemer gambit, but my opponents tend to transpose the position to a Caro-Kann... now I will have some tricks for that case too :)

[@olivetom1599]

Does trap 3 really works ? at 6:50 You can check the king with knight to D3, lose the knight, and escape with the queen to D6. That's not bad for white but it's not a queen trap to me

[@troywardjr1216]

thank you for these vids. I am only 1000 rating as I work while i play but i beat my first 1500 ranked player recently

[@Felix.Dragon.]

This video will be very helpful for me.

[@KarachoBolzen]

At 6:40, if black plays Nd3+, then what? Sure, they'll lose the knight, but it opens up a safe escape for the queen. Crucially, if they then play the ballsy Qb4, I think they're actually pretty safe and preparing to attack your knight with theur bishop next move.

[@sgtnubbings6501]

I think you can safely just take Knight with Queen, giving options of Bb5+ (Reason Black can't play Qxa4) or just Nc5 (Can trade off for Bishop if it does develop to d7), everything looks protected and White is just up in material with far more active pieces in play. Entirely possible I've missed something but it looks like Black is about to get bulldozed in the position after Qxd3.

[@Laggron93]

After ... Nd3+, Qxd3 Qb4, white can simply play Nc5. I don't see any immediate threats here. Black only has two pieces out (knight and queen), all pawns in the 7th rank. White has two pawns in the center, both bishops out, a nicely positioned knight, 4 semi-open files for an already active rook, plus he can castle within two moves. White's advantage is crushing. (also, worth mentioning, white can take the knight on d3 with their queen because there's a tactic preventing black from taking back the knight: ... Nd3+ ; Qxd3 Qxa4 ; Bb5+ forking the king and the queen, which means white is winning the queen for a bishop)

[@joshthoughts6177]

Stockfish did some of these traps against me, great learning experience

[@vincentcausey8498]

In trap #3, would black really leave the knight on c3 en prise to grab the b2 pawn?

[@vincentcausey8498]

Meant to say knight on c6 is left en prise.

[@hiiii4398]

6:36 black Can check whit knight at and you Can Sava Queen

[@gabrieleugeniomenegazzo9243]

6:58 you cannot just sack the knight with check?

[@Laggron93]

Black can do that, or trade their queen for a rook. White won't win their queen for free here anyways.

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

Not in this position because after queens take knight And queens take knight bishop b5 wins the queen anywais but yeah in the other position this sack works

[@kumargaurav7504]

when does Nbd7 become the main line in classical caro-kann? Black always plays Nf6

[@rjaffern]

do you have info video on Stockfish?

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Hey Randal, what exactly are you wanting to know about stockfish?

[@dumitrucozma2348]

6:47 wouldn't knight to D3 with check work to save the queen?

[@perpetualbystander4516]

Yes, sure would open up an escape route for the black queen when the knight no longer is in its way.

[@GTAWWEKID]

Trap #3 doesn’t gaurantee the queen win though, the knight can go to D3 with a check to allow the queen to escape.

[@ivyyan]

How did that happen?

[@blazerz2767]

8:56 What if the queen simply moves away from the file?

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

If queens goes to h4 bishop g5 wins the queen and if queens Goes to g4 bishop a5 check king has to move and the other bishop deliver one more check opening a discovered on the queen if queen leaves in diagonal he loses the queen anyway because you are going to Chase the queen with the bishop and discover a check with the rook só there is no way to save the queen.

[@gamingwithpurple7880]

How to save the black queen in the position shown in thumbnail check the white king with the horse open an escape for queen escape

[@GarySlegg]

I won in 6 moves in the 2 knights variation against a 1800 player a couple of weeks ago!

[@Barbutt]

17:45 Deep Blue. Wasn’t there a team of 3, 5, maybe 7 GM’s assisting to ensure Deep Blue once out of book didn’t do something silly in the game? Or is that a fable.. or misunderstanding of any GM’s working on the project?

[@willefire5060]

Isnt a night sack possiable to save the queen at 6:49

[@sgtnubbings6501]

Nd3+ is probably the best option as it does save the Queen, but it does leave Black in a position where White is pretty much winning in every way, being up in material, development and activity. Tbf this would still be the case (worse so, being down a Queen) even without the knight sacrifice, Black is going to get rolled regardless it seems, it's just a terrible situation for them all around.

[@Lucky-jg2on]

On 6:41 what if I sacrifice the knight by moving it to c2 or d3, checking white's king so it would open a way for my queen to escape, and if black moves knight to c2, then a. The rook will take the knight which will block the queen from defending the knight on a4 so black's king can take it or b. The white queen takes it, then black queen could check the white king, after this white could defend by blocking with their queen or bishop at g5, if they block with their queen black could go for a queen trade or attack the knight on a4, if they block with the bishop, then the black queen would be safe for the time being and the only ways to attack the queen would be to trade queens or move the rook to a3 which opens a path for the queen to escape,

[@saitama3560]

On the first Panov-Botvinnik trap you can actually sacrifice your knight to save your queen so it's not actually trapped

[@TheFireMouseYT]

We should tell Gotham Chess about this video. The Caro-Can't is his favorite opening

[@Siderite]

Sometimes great chess players move something really weird to see if the opponent is cheating. Garry just wanted to check that Deep Blue was not using Stockfish.

[@mannyr5306]

on trap 6 black queen can still move to c8 to defend that pawn

[@pokemasterbrains]

At 7:04 cant they go knight D4 and force the Queen trade

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

What? He cant play knight d4 in this position

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

If you meant knight d3 queens take knight then if black queens try taking the knight to escape bishop b5 wins the queen

[@pokemasterbrains]

​@@flacsomtodosclas2165 white Bishop B5 after knight, queen a1 check, he either blocks with rook and loses it, or blocks with queen and loses rook. He could move king E4 (e5 is check with bishop g4), but queen A2 check forces him to either lose the D5 pawn and the queen escapes, or lose the F2 pawn and potentially perpetual check. I just think this position is underexplored, and would love to see this channel go over this moment more in depth

[@sivakumaranbazhagan1672]

what if black knight delivers check while queen is trapped?

[@davebrown6552]

the queen is not totally trapped surely knight to c2 would put the king in check and allow the queen to escape.

[@perpetualbystander4516]

You got that right! 👍

[@davebrown6552]

@@perpetualbystander4516 bloody hell first time I ever got a chess problem right.

[@crypticstreak.1991]

In trap 3 knight can deliver check and queen can run away

[@dantemalick2872]

In the into video Queen wasn't trapped move black moves knight to check king and now has an escape

[@andreimcallister1365]

6:52 actually the queen is not trapped because you can play Ne3 check and freeing up your queen. Yeah you’ll lose the knight but the queen is not trapped.

[@mehmetdogukoc8887]

6:37 if i was blac here i will play knight to check king after escape only way to get back quenn but white still in win

[@dead3730]

6:50 bro what if he gives knight check and run

[@mattt.4395]

2:52 woah! i'm sure it's not just african-americans who fall for this trap! :D

[@alejandrodelriosanchez2736]

Ah, i remember that time when i trapped someone else's queen, and took us a while to realize

[@Notasinglething]

Finally, i know how to play the caro

[@Voltage-rs7op]

Lets goooo my friend plays this now ima clap him lol

[@theworldexplained8253]

Everyone on their way to defeat Gotham Chess

[@minimino9878]

Tbh in the thumbnail black can still escape

[@kumargaurav7504]

7:10 a3 does the same

[@tugs8689]

I wish it was with black 😭

[@forsee9396]

After I watch this vid no one play carokann against me...

[@tobiasrogers2724]

The queen can escape though... :( sack the horse to save your queen, since moving the horse comes with check as well as blocks whites queen from defending their horse() they will probably capture with their queen to continue defending the horse and you just have to run since if you give a check in this position your queen gets trapped again.

[@MainStageGlitter]

I found this line in the advanced caro and I’m wondering if anybody has heard of it because it’s disgusting and comes from super common moves from black. Here’s the pgn from a game I played. Qb8 is the trap. 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be2 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Qb1 $6 Qxc3+ $2 9. Bd2 Qxc2 $2 10. Qxb7 Nd7 11. Bb5 $4 Rd8 12. Ba5 $2 Qe4+ 13. Kf1 Qd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 15. Ke1 Rb8 16. Qxa7 Nh6 17. Kd2 c4 18. Ne1 Rb2+ 19. Kc1 Ba3 20. Kd1 Be2+ 21. Kc1 Rb7+ 0-1

[@studychess8465]

Trap 3 not success because ... Qxb2 Rc1 Nb4 Na4 Qxa2 Bc4 Qa3 Rc3 Now Nc2+ and queen can back to d6 . If any body agree so like this comment 👍

[@zoe7696]

no advance caro :(

[@zBrain0]

Watching this so I know how to avoid stuff as black LOL

[@sergeyk9060]

Wtf man?! Caro-kann is my only opening vs 1. e4 Oh well, guess you've forced me to watch this video too... Seriously though, thank you for these videos. Ps: pls do NOT make a video "top 10 traps vs london".

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

Top a 100 traps against london 😂

[@thelight288]

Advance variation doesn't exist I guess

[@fastgeography1251]

5th

[@KamKam8383]

Nooooooo, Caro is the only defence I know ;(

[@blackshark3467]

Bruh I am a caro kann player

[@hidetominitta4149]

I play the tartakower so I avoid most of this cheese nonsense

[@johnwebster7870]

The presenter had no understanding of learning process. He rushes through moves barely leaving time to even assess them.let alone consider the options. I hope he may realise this and at least offer a viewer option to move the pieces. Otherwise most normal.players ( like me having played over 70 yrs ) will just have to ignore this as I must now with regret. John

[@Relisoc]

I find most people defend the b2 pawn whenever Qb6 threatens it, but even when they don’t I’m too scared to take it cause I always think I’m gonna get trapped

[@israelturner8079]

If yall play the Caro kann like this then you deserve to have your ass whooped🤣🤣🤣 Y'all better look up Gotham chess on KZbin cause this is not it. C6 and D5 correct but you have a real order to your development that you can do in your sleep. This video made me laugh

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

There is a hundred ways to develop safe in the karo-kann unless you keep taking pawns like a stupid before developing you should be fine