Chess traps at the beginning of the party. Debuts in chess and traps. How to avoid hitting traps

How many times did you lose the parties or received a clearly worse position from the debut, not knowing the secrets and hidden traps? Beginner players have often occurred for the board and it seems that this is the only way to learn about these traps ...

Of course, it is always difficult to "digest" such a loss in several moves due to the lack of theoretical knowledge or not knowledge of one or another trap. Somewhere 20 years ago debuts were almost one of the complex component of chess. I remember how I myself went to the library and launched a "on the grains" one or another theory.

Today, thanks to a large number of information available, everything is different! Not to mention the fact that we have a great opportunity to run through your debut repertoire on the Internet.

In this article, we will look at several popular debut traps who are obvious to experienced players, but are difficult for beginner chess players.

So, proceed:

1.E4 C5 2.NF3 D6 3.C3 NF6 4.BE2!?

Instead of 4.Be2 is also possible 4.H3!?

This position is often found in children's parties, especially when the child is prepared for the main lines of the dragon or Najorf, but not once did not see the course 3. C3. Pawn on E4 poisoned, because if the black will take her a horse, then the Shah Fishman follows A4 and the horse is lost.

If about this trap to know that you can just play 4 ... NC6. and after the natural reaction of white 5. D4. Black can pick up a pawn on E4: 5 ... CXD4 6.CXD4 and now 6 ... NXE4!, and on the course of 7.d5! The black has QA5 + not allowing Shaha Fish on A4.

This trap is found even at the level of ELO 2100-2300 in the Rossolimo version.

After moves: 1.E4 C5 2.NC3 NC6 3.BB5 After the natural stroke of the black 3 ... nd4. White continue 4.BC4.:

Here, black has several answers, but 4 ... G6. The most popular.

Phianketto, usually a good idea against closed systems, but after 5.NF3 - BG7 5.NXD4 - CXD4 6.QF3!? White trap, and if 6 ... E6?T. 7.NB5! With a threat of Shah on D6, after protection 7 ... D6. White play 8.QA3! And it is safe to say that black is close to defeat because of the mistake in the debut.

Black followed playing 7 ... NH6! After that, they are all good.

Let's see example:

1.E4 C5 2.D4 CXD4 3.C3 DXC3!? 4.NXC3 NC6 5.NF3 E6 6.BC4 QC7 7.0-0 NF6 8.QE2 NG4!?

However, after the course 9. RD1. There is an unpleasant move 9 ... BC5, so white might think, and not play 9. H3 (??)but after this stroke will follow a murder ND4! And white can be surrendered. This line is quite unpopular today, because white found more complex ways to play against her.

Traps in the Spanish Party

The Spanish party is considered a solid debut for both colors. However, there are several traps in which newcomers often come across.

1.E4 E5 2.NF3 NC6 3.BB5 NF6 4.D3 White avoid endgame, which occurs in the main version 4.0-0 NXE4 5.D4.

Now black play 4 ... ne7!?

Interesting move; But is it possible? Black plan to play NG6, so why not take on E5?

After 5.nxe5? follows 5 ... C6, with winning figures.

There are many variations of this sacrifice, in some parties white continue to fight and even sometimes won, but in this position, black is better!

1.E4 E5 2.NF3 NC6 3.BB5 A6 4.BA4 D6

In this position white play natural move 5.d4, but after 5 ... B5 6.BB3 NXD4 7.NXD4 EXD4 White should know that on 8.QXD4. they lose figure, because 8 ... C5! followed by 9 ... C4..

Even players came to this traps rating 2300.!!. Right 8. C3. With sufficient compensation, if the black will take a pawn.

We hope that you liked this small article about debut traps. You can also read in this section about other tricks and traps. Thanks for attention!

Debut - This is the initial stage of the Chess Party, in which the players have the opportunity to make pre-prepared moves. This is necessary to use to receive a turn from the first moves. After analyzing the video from this section, you will be able to increase your debut erudition by urging new options or expanding knowledge in the previously studied principles. Such training will certainly affect your practical results.

Debuts in Chess

In chess debuts are divided into 3 main categories:

  1. open (White go e4, black is responded by E5);
  2. semi-open (white play E4, black - any move except E5;
  3. closed (white go D4).

They are first to include, and others to the second type -, and others. To the third -, and others. To study them is still extremely difficult, it is only possible to professional chess players. Amateurs can limit themselves with several debuts and only the first moves.

Traps in debuts

Traps in debuts are not only spectacular, but also extremely effective weapons in the hands of any player. Of course, on the grandmaster level, they rarely work, but they meet everywhere in amateur parties. Agree that it is always pleasant to beat the opponent in a few moves, so you will definitely look at the videos in which debut traps are disassembered.

Hello everyone! In today's video, I will consider several traps in Scandinavian protection, where white already in 10 moves were able to win. Naturally, this happened not without the help of black, which allowed at least one rough mistake, for which the instantaneous punishment followed.

Hello everyone! In today's video, I want to tell about one of the most popular chess debuts - this sicilian defense(Sicilian). Sicilian protection begins with moves 1) E4 C5, and then the main move is the answer 2) KF3, after which the black has many strong moves, for example, 2) ... d6, 2) ... ks6, 2) ... e6, etc. d.

In this video, I looked at rare moves in Sicilian protection, where black were able to beat white in just 5 moves.

Hello everyone! In today's video, I will scatter traps in the protection of Grunefeld, one - for black, the other - for whites. Grunefeld's defense - debut, starting with 1.d4 kf6 2.c4 g6 3.kc3 d5, after which various moves are possible, but the main version is 4. CD KD5 5. E4 KC3 6. BC CG7.

In this video, it will be just about this position, and quite standard errors will be shown in this debut. Making natural and logical moves, and black, and white, may face big specific problems.

Also, I want to remind you that I recently entered the course for the protection of Grunefeld - http://www.uroki-shahmat.ru/gruenfeld_defence/ It dismisses all the most popular and strong schemes for whites, and ways to combat them for black.

Good day to you, dear friend!

There is such a concept - military trick. Have you heard? That is, the desire for victory is not a number and not even the ability, but a cunning. Rather, this is: not only and not so much skill, but also cunning. Chess traps are from the same opera. Let's learn about them today.

I immediately note that learn how to play chess well enough. Excellent help for you will be the training programs for chess players.

What are traps in chess?

We will not use the definitions of dictionaries and Wikipedia, and, as usual, find our own: a chess trap - the creation of a situation provoking an opponent for an error caused by the temptation to get a momentary benefit.

Trap can appear in any party stage. Today we will devote traps at the beginning of the party, that is, in the debut, as the most popular and useful type of traps, especially for beginners.

I would suggest to consider traps in two hypostatas:

  1. Tool in the player's arsenal. Every chess player faces traps at the dawn of his career. And, as a rule, as a victim. Some of them he takes into service. Then his arsenal is replenished with new in the process of studying chess. This is a natural course of things.
  2. A kind of road signs. When we enter into stormy waters of chess fights, move without steering and sail - the occupation is risky and ungrateful. You can easily please the trap in the attached to the cunning rival.

As they say, not knowing the broth, - do not climb into the water. And the second, it is important to stock "straw" in time to raise, if that.

In other words, it is important to know typical traps and tactical techniques to:

  1. Confidently bypass them
  2. If you wish to apply yourself

Let's see examples of traps. In different debuts, for white and for black.

Top 30 chess traps

Already elementary traps of type we have already studied with you. These are more complicated. Examples are grouped by debuts.

Italian party

№1

Elephant Elephant on G5 Premature, Black has not yet been castling. They with the pace pushed the elephant with pawns and organize an attack.

№2

Here the parties have changed roles. White provoke stroke 6 ... H6 and conduct a powerful attack.

№3

Sometimes it is useful to follow not only for your own, but also for other people's figures. In this example, black as if they play with themselves, submissively following the opponent's plans.

Debit three horses

№4

It would seem the developing course of the KGE7 horse, it turns out to be a rough mistake.

Debit four horses

№5

This is what the "monkey" leads - thoughtless repetition of partner's moves.

Royal Gambit.

№6

Apparently, black forgot that it is impossible to protect against double shag, "only to leave the king. And nowhere to go.

№7

The royal gambit is not the debut, where it is permissible to walk in pawn.

№8

For the early withdrawal of the queen, there must be good reasons, otherwise you can run into trouble.

Russian Party

№9

This is another example when the desire for symmetry is a bad idea.

№10

Another example of an increasing output of an elephant on G5.

Spanish party

№11

And again the early conclusion of the queen turned fiasco.

№12

Elephant caught. White without shape. The situation of "locking" elephant is quite typical. Similar example - №22.

Filvedora defense

№13

Passive "Bezidamy" stroke 6 ... CD7 turned quickly collapse for black. In open debuts to make the moves "from the bald" - the incommary luxury.

Central Debut.

№14

Tactical operations in the center, without ensuring the safety of the king, is a risky business.

Debut two horses

№15

3 ... kd4 - a typical error running. Which white and committed.

Protection Alekhina

№16

No one has canceled the sense of measure. The tricking of black turns around the loss of one of the horses.

Karo Cannes Protection

№17

Pawn near the transformation fields -groznaya power. Higher freely spend a pawn in the queen and remain with an excess figure.

№18

The greed of black thugs. To save the queen, they must break up with the figure.

Scandinavian defense

№19

White remains with an excess figure. Shah on the B5 elephant, from which there is no satisfactory protection - the situation is often. See also Example No. 24.

French defense

№20

Pullen pawns pulled by the fan of the poisoned pawn.

Sicilian defense

№21

"Beautiful" game on a bundle turns into fiasco. Form black caught.

№22

Another typical example of catching the White Elephant.

Dragon option

№23

Black reel over white. Instead of the D7-D6 software, they made a castle. In the final position in the course of KF5, the black elephant is protected by the king and black can beat the pawn on B2.

№24

In the "dragon", a black elephant black is much on different surprises. Including those.

Ferzian Gambit.

№25

Black "yawned" pawn D5 and white with all Mahu "Predy" on their heads.

№26

Typical zovok of an elephant G5 in the attack of Pilsbury.

Adopted Ferzy Gambit

№27

Typical punch on F7 with an elephant on G4.

Slavic Protection

№28

Black decided that white was drawn by the move D5: C6. But it was a trap. Pawn takes place in the queen.

Budapesh Gambit

№29

4.H3 move - impulsive and ... the worst possible in this position.

5 5.Fe will naturally follow FH4 +

English Beginning

№30

Persevement of black in retaining pawn C4 is worthy of better use. Now you have to pay the rook.

Do I need to put traps?

It is always important to make risk and possible consequences. If the trap is not associated with risk and just complements the set of problems that you put the opponent - as they say, the flag in the hands.

Another thing, if the trap is associated with risk. If the opponent does not come across, you are losing.

In general, the game in the "trap" style is not the best strategy. The stronger the rivals will come across as your level of the game grow, the more disappointments will be. The stronger the opponent, the less often it will fall into traps and the more often it will punish you, choosing the best moves.

However, as a tactical reception in the fight against a specific rival, especially if he is inferior to you in the classroom, - why not? Justified risk is noble business. The best traps of those that are delivered on time and to those who need.

How to avoid hitting traps?

The reasons for the traps of each of their own. Sometimes it is just a weak game.

But the most common cause, according to my observations, is impulsivity.

When you see an obvious benefit, which can be obtained here and now, for example, pick up a pawn or a figure, "adrenaline's rope occurs.


Thought faster to grab while they give - arises automatically. This is a reaction at the level of instinct developed by the evolution of a person. At this point, the mind is turned off, hands turn on.

Is it possible to control this, restrain the impulsiveness? I think that yes.

  1. The first step is aware of the fact that the desire to quickly "devour" a figure or a pawn, which "he yawned" is an automatic reaction.
  2. Second. Say yourself "stop", before making a retaliatory move. Is this a mistake or trap? While the answer is not found, - do not do the move.
  3. It is important to accustom yourself: when the decision is already accepted and the hand stretches to the figure again "Stop". Didn't anything missed? When the answer is an affirmative - it's time to move.

Seems difficult? There was no one. Over time, this algorithm will become a habit. In fact, - to avoid gross mistakes and traps.

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