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700 Opening Traps

Bill Wall

Grunfeld Defense 

(1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5)

 

This defense was invented by Austrian master Ernst Grunfeld in 1922.  Black tries 

to gain counterplay by attacking White’s center structure.  

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Be6 6.Qb5+ Nc6 7.Nf3 Nd5 

8.e4 a6 9.Qb3 Ne3! 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Qxb7 Qe4+ 13.Be3 Ra7 

trapping the Queen (Musolino - Porreca, Postal 1965)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 

Qa5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 12.d5?? Bc3, winning the Queen 

(Michailhisin - Romanishin, USSR 1981)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 

Qa5 9.Rb5 Qxc3+ 10.Bd2 Qa3 11.Qc2 Nc6?? [11…c4 is best] 12.Rb3, trapping 

the Queen since 12…Qa4 13.Bb5 and the Queen has nowhere to go (Polovodin 

- Maslov, USSR 1984)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Nxd5? Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 and 

White must lose a Knight (Zuccotti - Ricardi, Italy 1991)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.g4 Bg7 5.g5 Ne4 6.Nxd5 c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.Bd2 

Qf5 9.f4 Bxd4 10.Bh3?? [10.e3 is best]  10…Qxh3 11.Nxh3 Bxh3 12.Nxe4 Bg2 

and Black is winning (Koomen - Boomgaardt, Netherlands 1970)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.cxd5 Nxg5 6.h4 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Qxd5 

8.Nc5 e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Nb3?? [the Knight belongs on d3] 11…

b5, trapping the Queen (Unknown - Steinberg, Postal 1976)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.g3 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.Bg2 

cxd4 9.Bxe4? [White had to play 9.exd4] 9…Qa5+, winning the Bishop after 

10.Qd2 Qxg5 (Rundle - Rooswa, Tulsa 1988)