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700 Opening Traps

Bill Wall

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bf4 Qa5+ 6.Nd2 bxc4 7.Qc2 Nf6 

[other ideas are 7...f5 and 7...c3] 8.e4 d6 9.Bxc4 g6 10.e5 Nh5 11.Be3 dxe5 

12.d6 Bb7? [better is 12…Nd7; not 12...exd6 13.Qe4, winning the Rook] 

13.Bxf7+! Kf7 [13…Kxf7 14.Qb3+ and 15.Qxb7] 14.Qb3 Bc8 [14…Bxg2 

15.Bd5 Bxh1 16.Qb7+ wins] 15.Qd5, winning the rook. (Z. Polgar - E. 

Ivanov, Varna 1981]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 [or 5...Qa5] 6.Nxb5?! [6.e4 

is the book move] 6…Ba6 7.e3? [7.Nc3] 7…Bxb5 wins a piece since 8.Bxb5 

Qa5+ and 9…Qxb5 wins the Bishop (Kirchenhoff - Foldi, Dortmund 1986)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 [or 6...Qa5] 7.Nb5 

Nxe4 [safer is 7...d6] 8.Qe2 Nf6?? [Black must play  8…f5] 9.Nd6 mate 

(Hultin - Fromme, Sweden 1992)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 [or 6.bxa6] 6...axb5 

[other ideas are 6...Qa5 and 6...Bg4] 7.Bf4 [or 7.Bxb5+] 7...b4 8.Nb5 Nxe4 

[or 8...Na6] 9.Qe2 Nf6?? [9…f5 or 9…g5] 10.Nxd6 [if 10…Kd7 11.Bb5+ 

Nc6 12.Bxc6 mate; 11...Kc7 12.Ne8 mate]  (Buggler - Guarisco, 1987)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3 axb5 6.Bxb5 Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bb7 

8.Bd2 [or 8.Bc4] 8...Qb6 9.Bc4 [White can also try 9.Qb3] 9...e6 10.Bc1?! 

[10.Qb3 Qxb3 11.Bxb3 looks better] 10...Qb4 11.Qb3? [11.Bb5 or 11.Bd3 

is best] 11…exd5 wins.  If the Bishop retreats, then 12…Qxb3 13.axb3 Rxa1 

wins a Rook.  If  12.Qxb4 cxb4, White has two pieces hanging. (Domanski 

- Schlesinger, Giessen 1991)