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In chess, a trap is a move which tempts the opponent to play a bad move. Traps are common in all phases of the game; in the opening, some traps have occurred often ...
Popular chess YouTuber and streamer Eric Rosen has developed a reputation for making use of what has become known eponymously as the Rosen Trap in online speed chess to induce stalemate in losing positions; [80] the most well known is the Classic Rosen Trap, where the losing side puts a piece on a square a knight’s move away from the corner ...
Gary William Lane (born November 1964) is a British-Australian chess player and author. He became an International Master in 1987 and won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1988. He has written over thirty books on chess, including Find the Winning Move, Improve Your Chess in 7 Days and Prepare to Attack. There have been translations in ...
The Fishing Pole is a chess opening trap most common in the Ruy Lopez (especially in the Berlin Defence and Exchange Variations), however, the trap can be used in any opening or in the middle of the game. Its broadest definition is a move that sacrifices a knight or bishop on the g-file to open up the h-file, after the opponent king has short ...
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6. The trap begins with Black playing the Berlin Defense to the Ruy Lopez. Although the Berlin was much more popular in the 19th century than in the 20th, it "became the height of theory when Vladimir Kramnik used it as his main defense to defeat Garry Kasparov in their 2000 World Championship match."
The second Tarrasch Trap, sometimes referred to as the Dresden Trap, occurs in the Steinitz Variation. Tarrasch published analysis of this trap in 1891, but 18 months later Georg Marco fell into it in Tarrasch versus Marco, Dresden 1892. [1] Tarrasch spent just five minutes thinking during the entire game. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6
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In chess, a tactic is a sequence of moves that each makes one or more immediate threats – a check, a material threat, a checkmating sequence threat, or the threat of another tactic – that culminates in the opponent's being unable to respond to all of the threats without making some kind of concession.