Show me your traps.

Originally posted by vivify
At move 31, why not Rxf4?

Originally posted by RJHinds
That looks okay to me too. White is another pawn up and still protecting his e-pawn. White is also threatening a back rank checkmate. Black might try g5 attacking the rook, but I doubt if that will really help him much.

P.S. Oh! I see now. 31...Qa1+ now white can not avoid being checkmated.
One must look at all possible opponents moves, pretending ...[text shortened]... pieces and actually see the new position and then I can see it from the opponents point of view.

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
I can not give up the back rank.

Originally posted by vivify
Okay. One last question: wouldn't Rd1, at move 31, have pretty much won you the game? Because black cannot give up the back rank either, and would've lost the queen...right?

Me, as black (Again, this has two traps.)

Originally posted by vivify
Me, as black (Again, this has two traps.)


[pgn][Date "????.??.??"]
[Result "*"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.e3 Nf6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Bxc6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Bxc6 11.Qb4 Ne4 12.Ne5 a5 13.Qb2 O-O 14.c4 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Qf6 16.Ne5 Bb5 { First trap. } 17.a4 { White sees th ...[text shortened]... but my second trap has two parts. } 20...Nxf2+ 21.Kd2 Nd3+ { White resigns. }
*[/pgn]

Originally posted by vivify
White sees the trap (17. Qxb5, Qxf2+, 18. Kd1, Nf3+) and avoids it.

A typo there? ... Nc3+

Paul: Good catch. Yeah, that's what I meant.
RJ: Thanks.

Originally posted by vivify
I really would like to learn some traps. So show me some that you've actually done in your games. If your trap is a well-known trap, please tell me the name of it.

Here's my most recent, as white.


[pgn][Date "????.??.??"]
[Result "*"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 ...[text shortened]... a4+ Qd7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 {Black takes the free bishop.} 8.Nxe5+ { Black resigns. }
*[/pgn]