Posts Tagged ‘Trap’
Chess Traps- Kieninger Trap
We start a new series going over famous/common traps that you may come across in your chess career. You don’t see these everyday but traps in general are entertaining and I think it’s good to know as many as possible just in case. In this video we cover the Kieninger Trap which derives from the [...]
Chess Opening: Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense: Tarrasch’s Trap
This is a discussion of a trap in the Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense. This is an important trap to know because it shows what happens if Black tries to hold the center in the Steinitz. When Tarrasch beat Marco in 1892, it signaled the beginning of the end for the Old Steinitz Defense. Today the [...]
Chess Traps- Legal Trap
In this chess trap we look at one of the most common traps in the legal trap. White allows black to hang himself with a beautiful queen sacrifice and then finishes off the black king with three minor pieces.
Chess Traps- Lasker Trap
Today we look a chess trap called the Lasker Trap which comes from the Albin Countergambit against white’s Queen’s Gambit. If white is not careful than he can find himself in a lot of pain very quickly and with the help of an underpromotion on the 7th move, black can have the white king running [...]
Chess Traps #5: Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence Trap (Fishing Pole)
www.jrobichess.com http Visit my personal web site www.jrobichess.com for a variety of free chess resources and training materials. This video looks at a possible trapping line played by black in the Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence line. The trap offers up a free knight to the white player that has horrible consequences if taken. The video [...]
Chess Traps #4: Queen’s Gambit Declined Elephant Trap
This video looks at a possible trapping line played by black in the Queen’s Gambit Declined. The trap offers up a free pawn to the white player that has horrible consequences if taken. The video also covers what black should play if white does not fall for the trap, including the Cambridge Spring and Orthodox [...]
Chess Opening: Lasker’s Trap
A discussion of Lasker’s Trap, which shows up in the Albin Countergambit to the Queen’s Gambit. I had to use winboard for this lecture because pgnmentor does not allow me to promote my pawn to a knight.