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700 Opening Traps

Bill Wall

King’s Indian Defense 

(1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7) 

This is one of the most common of the Indian defenses.  Very few traps arise 

from this solid defense.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 

8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Ne2?? [perhaps 10.d5] 10…Nde5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 

and 12…Nxd3+ gives Black and extra pawn and better position (Norman - 

Vidmar, Hastings 1926)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 b6 7.Bd3 c5? [7…Bb7 

or 7…Nc6 are playable] 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nfd7?? [a little better may be 9…

Ne8 10.Be4 Qxd1+ 11.Nxd1 Nc7] 10.Be4 winning the Rook (Wall - Gant, 

North Carolina 1978)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Qd2 c6 8.O-O-O 

a6? [8…Nbd7 is best] 9.dxe5  and 9…dxe5 fails to 10.Qxd8.  After 9…Ne8 

10.exd6 and White is two pawns up.  (Feijtens - Van der Heiden, Netherlands 

1982)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Re8 7.Be2 Nbd7 

8.e5 Ng4 9.e6 Ndf6 10.exf7+ Kxf7 11.h3 Nh6 12.g4 [threatening 13.g5 and 

pinning both Knights] 12…Nd7?? [the wrong Knight.  Best is 12…Nhg8] 

13.Ng5+ and 14.Ne6, winning the Queen (Atkins - Conde, England 1925)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 

8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Nc6 11.Nxf6+ exf6 12.Ne2?? [White 

should try either 12,Rd1 or 12.Nf3] 12…Nb4 [threatening mate with 

13…Nc2] 13.Rc1 Nd3+ forking King and Rook (Wittgenstein - Atkinson, 

Pennsylvania 1970)