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700 Opening Traps

Bill Wall

Queen’s Indian Defense 

(1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6) 

 

 

The Queen’s Indian Defense is another popular Indian Defense that is solid 

but has a few traps.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Qc2 Nxc3 7.Qxc3 Be7 

8.Bf4 Bf6 9.Qd2 d6 10.e3 Nd7 11.Be2? [perhaps 11.O-O-O or 11.Bg3] 

g5 and if 12.Bg3 g4 13.Ng1 Bxg2, winning the Rook (Nurnberg - Rodl, 

Riedenburg 1947)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.Qa4+ 

Nc6 9.d5 and if 9...exd5 10.cxd5 a piece will fall  (Uhlmann - Andersen, Tel 

Aviv 1964)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 d6?? 8.Qa4+ 

and if 8…Nc6 9.d5, winning a piece (Friedman - Duncan, Dearborn 1992)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.g3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 c5 8.O-O 

cxd4 [better may be 8...Be7 and 9...O-O] 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.Nf5 O-O 11.Nxd5 

Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Qd7? [12...Nc6 is better] 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.Qd5! and if 14...

Qxd5 15.Nxe7+ and 16.Nxd5; if 14...Qc7 15.Qxa8 Nc6 16.Qxc6 Qxc6 

17.Nxc6+ (Berlin - Aspengren, Postal 1928)

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.Qc2 d5?? 7.Qa4+ 

winning the Bishop on b4. (Kraidman - Harestad, Gausdal 1991)