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700 Opening Traps

Bill Wall

Basman’s Defense 

(1.e4 g5)

 

This unusual defense, also known as the Macho Grob or the Borg, has been 

analyzed and played by International Master Micael Basman.  One needs to 

be careful of a few traps.

1.e4 g5 2.Nc3 f5?? 3.Qh5 mate (Mayfield - Trinks, Omaha 1959)

1.e4 g5 2.Bc4 Bg7 3.Qh5 e6 4.Nf3 h6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bxg5 Nxh5 7.Bxd8 Bxb2, 

winning the rook (Aaron - Wall, Internet 1996)

1.e4 g5 2.d3 h6 3.Ne2 d6 4.Ng3 Nf6 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.Bc3 h5 7.Be2 g4 8.Nd2 

Nc6 9.d4 d5 10.e5 Ng8 11.Bb5 f5 12.f4 Qd7 13.Nb3 b6 14.Nxf5 Bf8 

15.Qe2 a6?? 16.e6 (Inkeroinen - Heinola, Tampere 1984)

1.e4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 [2…f6?? 3.Qh5 mate, Klip - Bottema, Dieren 1990] 3.Bc4 

c6 4.Bc4 c6 5.e5 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.Bb5+ Nc6 8.dxc5 Bxe5 9.Qxd5?? Bxc3+ 

10.bxc3 Qxd5, winning the Queen (Kuuti - Heinola, Scandinavia 1983)

1.e4 g5 2.d4 h6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.h4 gxh4 5.Nf3 d6 6.Nxh4 Nf6 7.Bf4 c6 8.Qd2 

Ng4 9.O-O-O Qa5 10.Bc4 b5 11.Nxb5 Qxd2+ 12.Rxd2 cxb5 13.Bd5, 

winning the rook (Wallwork - Thornton, England 1989)

1.e4 g5 2.d4 h6 3.Bd3 Bg7 4.h4 gxh4 5.Nf3 d5 6.e5 c5 7.c3 Bg4 8.Rxh4 

h5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.e6 Bxe6 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.Qxd5 Nh6 14.Na3 

Rd8 15.Nb5 Qb8 16.Qc4 Ne5 (D. MacDonald - Basman, England 1981)

1.e4 g5 2.Nf3 f6 3.d4 c6 4.Ne5 dxe5?? 5.Qh5 mate (Morin - Forscutt, 

Internet 1994)