Chess trap

Chess trap

The term chess trap refers to a trap in the game of chess.

List of chess traps

Ordered by chess opening:

*Albin Countergambit – Lasker Trap
*Blackmar-Diemer Gambit – Halosar Trap
*Bogo-Indian Defence – Monticelli Trap
*Budapest Gambit – Kieninger Trap
*Italian Game – Blackburne Shilling Gambit
*Petrov's Defence – Marshall Trap
*Philidor Defence – Légal Trap
*Queen's Gambit Declined – Elephant Trap, Rubinstein Trap
*Ruy Lopez – Mortimer Trap, Noah's Ark Trap, Tarrasch Trap
*Sicilian Defence – Magnus Smith Trap, Siberian Trap
*Vienna Gambit – Würzburger Trap

Many more opening traps, all ending in checkmate, are given under Checkmates in the opening.

ee also

*Checkmates in the opening
*Swindle (chess)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Trap shooting — is one of the three major forms of competitive clay pigeon shooting (shotgun shooting at clay targets). The others are Skeet shooting and sporting clays. There are many versions including Olympic Trap, Double Trap (which is also an Olympic event) …   Wikipedia

  • chess — [tʃes] n [U] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: esches, plural of escec; CHECK2] a game for two players, who move their playing pieces according to particular rules across a special board to try to trap their opponent s ↑king (=most… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Chess — This article is about the Western board game. For other chess games or other uses, see Chess (disambiguation). Chess From left to right: a whit …   Wikipedia

  • Chess Pieces (MÄR) — The Chess Pieces (チェスの兵隊, Chesu no Koma ) is a fictional organization in the anime and manga series MÄR: Märchen Awakens Romance by the author Nobuyuki Anzai, and plays the role of the main antagonist faction. It is a military faction which, over …   Wikipedia

  • chess — noun (U) a game for two players, who move their playing pieces according to fixed rules across a board in an attempt to checkmate (=trap) their opponent s king (=most important piece) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • List of chess traps — The term chess trap refers to a trap in the game of chess. List of chess traps Ordered by chess opening: Albin Countergambit – Lasker Trap Blackmar Diemer Gambit – Halosar Trap Bogo Indian Defence – Monticelli Trap Budapest Gambit – Kieninger… …   Wikipedia

  • Blunder (chess) — In chess, a blunder is a very bad move. It is usually caused by some tactical oversight, whether from time trouble, overconfidence or carelessness. While a blunder may seem like a stroke of luck for the opposing player, some chess players give… …   Wikipedia

  • Mortimer Trap — Chess diagram|= tright| = rd| |bd|qd|kd|bd| |rd|= pd|pd| |pd|nd|pd|pd|pd|= | |pd| | |nd| | |= |bl| | |nl| | | |= | | | |pl| | | |= | | |pl| | | | |= pl|pl|pl| | |pl|pl|pl|= rl|nl|bl|ql|kl| | |rl|= Position after 5...c6 Black wins a pieceThe… …   Wikipedia

  • Promotion (chess) — …   Wikipedia

  • Lasker Trap — Chess diagram|= tright| = rd|nd|bd|qd|kd| |nd|rd|= pd|pd|pd| | |pd|pd|pd|= | | | | | | | |= | | | |pl| | | |= |bd|pl| | | | | |= | | | |pd| | | |= pl|pl| |bl| |pl|pl|pl|= rl|nl| |ql|kl|bl|nl|rl|= Position after 5...dxe3The Lasker Trap is a chess… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”