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Openings - Traps! (Part 3)
More best-loved traps plus an index of all traps (parts 1-3) by opening.


Continuing the About Chess traps series, here are 28 more best-loved traps. See the link box at the bottom of this article for Part 2 of the series.

Each quiz has seven traps with solutions, not organized in any particular order.

Good trapping!

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Traps indexed by opening
Quiz 1-10
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 1.2 4.7 6.7 8.3 9.1
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 other 1.3 2.4 3.4 6.6 9.6
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 1.7 2.5 3.5 4.1 10.4
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.other 2.6 3.6
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 6.2 7.3 10.6
1.e4 e5 2.f4 4.6 7.1 7.6 8.5 9.3
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 2.3 3.3 4.4 4.5 10.1
1.e4 e5 2.other 3.2 5.5 10.3
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 1.4 1.5 3.1 6.3 7.4 8.2 10.5
1.e4 c5 2.other 4.3 9.2 9.7
1.e4 c6 1.1 2.2 5.3 8.7 9.5
1.e4 d5 1.6 5.4
1.e4 e6 2.7 4.2 5.2 7.5 8.1 8.6 9.4
1.e4 Nf6 5.7 6.4 7.7
1.e4 other 3.7 10.2
1.d4 2.1 5.6 6.5 8.4
1.c4 e5 6.1 7.2
1.b4 5.1 10.7


 More of this Feature
• Chess Traps Index
 Related Resources
• Part 1 - Avoid losing in the opening
• Part 2 - Select one move per position
• Part 3 - Practical considerations
• Part 4 - Unusual First Moves
• Part 5 - Introduction to 1.e4
• Part 6 - Introduction to 1.d4
• Traps! - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3