Category Chess Traps

Chess Traps | Siberian Trap

Chess Traps - Siberian Trap (post)

The Siberian Trap derives from the Smith-Morra Gambit in the Sicilian Defense. White will offer up a pawn sacrifice in the Smith-Morra Gambit in exchange for rapid development. His pieces will be developed to great squares but black will be…

Chess Traps | Fajarowicz Trap

Chess Traps - Fajarowicz Trap (post)

This sneaky trap comes out of the Budapest Gambit opening. The Budapest Gambit is a popular opening among both amateurs and top players because it contains a variety of traps. At the early 1920s, German chess players Sammi Fajarowicz and…

Chess Traps | Lasker Trap

Chess Traps - Lasker Trap (post)

The Lasker Trap is a chess opening trap in the Albin Countergambit, named after the second World Champion Emanuel Lasker. Black plays the Albin-countergambit to face White’s queen’s gambit. The unusual though very powerful feature of Lasker Trap is the…

Chess Traps | Légal Trap

Chess Traps - Légal Trap (post)

The Légal Trap (also known as Légal Pseudo-Sacrifice and Légal Mate) is named after the French player Sire de Légal (1702–1792). It is an attacking trap with which a player sacrifices the queen then followed by a checkmate with minor…