5 Best Chess Opening Traps for White After 1.e4

Learn the 5 Best Chess Opening Traps for White After 1.e4

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov will share with you the 5 best chess opening traps for White after 1.e4. He will also show you how to not get trapped if you’re playing Black. The traps have the main idea of playing the White bishop on c4, targeting the f7-square; so most of these traps are from the Italian Game (Giuoco Piano) and the Bishop’s Opening.

A good thing about these traps are that they happen in the most-commonly played moves by Black, and they all seem natural moves. Only precise play from Black can save them, which means you’ve more chances to beat your opponents!

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00:00 Opening Traps for White After 1.e4
00:13 Trap-1: Italian Game 5.d3
02:15 ELO 2400+ fall for this trap!
02:34 Trap-2: Italian Game 3…h6
04:41 Trap-3: Bishop’s Opening
05:15 Costly pre-move, Scholar’s Mate!
07:24 Trap-4: Italian Game (Giuoco Piano) 4.c3
11:17 Can you find the mate in 3?
11:42 Trap-5: Italian Game (Giuoco Piano) 7.Bd2
14:08 Attack the exposed king
15:04 What is your chess goal for 2022?

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10 Comments

  1. Could you please make a video on 9. …Bxc3 ?

  2. 4th answer: Nxd7. If one of his pieces take my knight, then Qxh5, Rf7, Qxf7 is checkmate. If he plays Nxc4, then Qe4 threatens forced mate.

  3. Ne7 wins queen and ng6 checkmates soon

  4. Nc6 hitting the queen and threatening mate if dxN then 2)Qxh5ch Kd7 3)Rad1ch Bd6 4) Qf5 mate

  5. Ng6-pd6
    Nf8-Kf8
    Qf7chqmate

  6. Very good trap. May I suggest you make the notations of the moves so kids will benefit more from the presentations.

  7. Initially, I was thinking knight to g6, attacking the rook and double attacking the pinned bishop. Now, for rook to f7/h8, queen takes with mate. And, if rook to h8, then knight takes and queen to f7/h8 will be mate unless black plays d6 before that. However, I don't see a good way to proceed after Nf6 Rh8, Nxh8 d6. Maybe one of the rooks to d1, but the moves aren't forced now.
    Also, I was thinking that if he doesn't move his rook but plays something else, then knight takes rook, king takes knight (even this move isn't necessary), and queen to f7 might be mate, but that doesn't happen if knight takes my bishop before this.
    In short, I've found a mate for some cases but not all

  8. 1.Qf3 2.Qxh5+ 3. Qxf7 #

  9. 11:25 mate for white: knight f7, after black takes knight, queen f7 and mate. Is that correct?

  10. 11:23 Be2 then he plays anywhere(for the sake of this comment fxe5 Bxh5 Rfy and Qxfy checkmate😅

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