1.d4 d5 2.e4 The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (BDG)
2… dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3
The main line of the BDG continues with 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 but this time we are going for the Halosar Trap
A lesson about the Mortimer trap, also known as the Mortimer Variation of the Berlin Defense.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7?! This sets a trap, the capture of the black pawn on e5 may be very tempting for White.
Noah’s Ark Trap is not just an opening trap. The name is used for a lot of openings in which the white bishop is trapped on b3 by black pawns. Most of the games that contain this trap can be found in the Ruy Lopez.
As a kind of followup on the lesson about the minor promotion I have added this lesson on the Lasker Trap in the Albin Countergambit. The underpromotion plays an important role in this trap and probably contributes to the success of it.
The Albin Countergambit starts with the moves 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 after [...]
The Elephant Trap is a famous trap in the Queen’s Gambit Declined. I am not sure why it is called the Elephant Trap, but the name reminds me to an oil painting of Eddie William Powell. The picture above shows a part of this painting. More information about this and other paintings of this artist [...]