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700 Opening Traps

Bill Wall

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Bg4 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nxe5 Bxd1?? 6.Bxf7+ Ke7 7.Nd5 

mate  (De Legal - St Brie, Paris 1750)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Bg4 4.O-O Nc6 5.Nc3 Nd4 6.Nxe5! Bxd1?? 7.Bxf7+ 

Ke8 8.Nd5 mate  (Wall - Nagaru, Internet 1996)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.c3 Be7?? 6.Qb3, threatening 7.Bxf7+.  

If 6...Nh6, then 7.Bxh6 gxh6 8.Bxf7 (Ribeiro - Skinner, Internet 1995)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.O-O Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qe2 Ngf6 

8.Rd1 Qc7 9.Ng5 O-O? [9…Rf8 needs to be played] 10.Bxf7+ wins since 

10…Rxf7 11.Qc4 and 12.Nxf7 wins the exchange (Fischer - Fine, New York 

1963)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 Be7 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 

g6 8.Qxe5 and White is up a pawn and ahead in development (Karaklajic - 

Fuderer, Yugoslavia 1955)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.e6 Ng6 8.Nf7 

Qf6 9.Nxh8 wins  (Fischer - Chaney, Houston 1964)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f6 4.Bc4 Bd7 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 fxe5 7.Qh5+ g6 

8.Qxe5+ Ne7 9.Qxh8 wins the Rook (Wall - Bigbluesmurf, Internet 1996)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 (4...dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nxe5 Nh6 

7.Bxh6 wins, Wall - Saaboy, Internet 1996) 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 (threatening 

7.Qxf7 mate) 6...Bb4+?? 7.c3 and winning the Bishop or mating  (Wall - 

Clay558, Internet 1996)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 f6 7.Qb3 b6 

8.Bf7+ Kd7 9.Qe6 mate (Schmid - Grund, Bonn)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Nxe5 and White is 

up a pawn (Koltanowski - Cable, San Francisco 1960)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5 Nxe4 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Qd4 Nf6 7.Bg5 Nc6 

8.Bb5 O-O 9.Bxf6 Nxd4 10.Bxd8 Nxc2+ wins (Sanchez - Delgado, Internet 

1995)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.h3 Nf6 4.c3 Nxe4?? 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxe4 wins the Knight  

(Greco, 1620)