Page 3 700 Opening Traps

Queen’s Gambit Accepted

 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4)

An old opening that really isn’t a gambit and Black isn’t trying to win a pawn.  

Both players are trying to play for free development in a rather safe opening.  

There are a few traps associated with the Queen’s Gambit.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.Bxc4 dxc3?? [5…Nc6] 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 

7.Qxd8 wins the Queen (Donnelly - Pollington, England 1963)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 b5 4.a4 c6 5.axb5 cxb5 6.Qf3 wins the Queen after 

7.Qxa8  (Greco, 1620)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.Nc3 c6 5.b4?! [more common is 5.a4] 5…a5 6.Ba3? 

[perhaps 6.bxa5 is best] e6 7.Rb1 Na6 8.Ne2 Nxb4 9.Nf3 Nd3+ 10.Kd2 Bxa3 

winning the Bishop (Hooker - McBride, Oregon 1974)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 exd4 6.Qb3 Be7 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Ne5 

Bc8 9.Bxg8, threatening 10.Qf7 mate (Green - Varley, Internet 1996)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 b5 4.a4 c6 5.e3 Bd7 6.Ne5 a6? [6…Be6 is playable] 

7.axb5 cxb5 8.Qf3 threatening 9.Qxf7 mate and 9.Qxa8 winning the Rook 

(Blackburne - Fleissig, Vienna 1873)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qa4+ Nd7 7.Ne5 Bf5?? 

[better is 7…Nf6] 8.Nxd7 Qxd7 9.Bb5, winning the Queen (Atkins - Gunsberg, 

Hanover 1902)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Be6 5.Ng5?? Qa5+ and Black wins the knight 

after 6...Qxg5.  (Farago - Bliumberg, Budapest 1994)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ Nbd7 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.e5 d4 

9.Bxc4! dxc3 10.Ng5 Qe7?? [Black should try 10…Ng4 or 10…cxb2] 11.Bxf7+ 

Kd8 12.Ne6+ and Black must lose the Queen (Sajtar - Sliwe, Warsaw 1947)

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