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Top 15 Trap in Chess

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Opening traps in chess are fun when the opponent runs into them. This shows how quickly a game of chess can be lost if you make one bad move.

Chess opening traps will deepen your understanding of chess tactics. You will probably never run into these chess variations at all in your own chess games, because it is not very likely that your opponent will play exactly like this. Just memorize the chess ideas. You can use them in your own games of chess in different ways sooner or later.

1. Légal Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/S7CEsr0l

2. Lasker Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/Jp2WilCD

3. Blackburne Shilling Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/UKr003fy

4. Englund Gambit Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/Khej7V63

5. Rubinstein Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/AFhXOpGp

6. Fishing Pole Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/WjgHNdsc

7. Fajarowicz Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/1h9N9ax8

8. Siberian Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/M5ixRuK7

9. Cambridge Springs Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/RWgJbauM

10. Noah's Ark Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/8ncQRMzc

11. Halosar Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/C3ZmVKrb

12. Rati Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/kxDkE69j

13. Lazard Gambit Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/pCgtl8gx

14. Center Attack Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/XG8k3d8O

15. Mortimer Trap

https://lichess.org/study/rEVoUTrI/e75eBKCR

Thank you for reading!