Most Common Traps

Hey guys! I was just wondering if anyone could give me a list of the opening traps which are played most often / where there is the chance to play them the most often. And I'm talking about stuff that gets you an advantage or checkmate (like Legal's mate), not a pawn advantage after 69 moves...

Baring in mind I'm only just over 1100 on here, they don't have to be too advanced.

Just wanna mug my friends of with these as they say :)

Cheers

anything that wins a significant advantage is going to rely on your opponent to make a mistake in the opening.   They literally take a specific sequence where both players follow an exact pattern.   For this reason none of them are really common .. because the victim learns pretty fast not to do whatever it was.  And trying to set up traps in most cases leads to an inferior position if your opponent is wise to your trickery.

The most common themes for picking on new players are forking the king and rook with a knight,  or better the king and queen,  or mating with the queen early, or knight mate on a smothered king. 

You will do better if you just learn some theory and openings than trying to get your opponents to make specific mistakes. 

I think the best advice is along what the other posters have already said. Pick a solid opening that works well with your style (if you love tactics, choose an open game, like maybe an 1. e4 opening, but if you prefer a more positional quiet game, choose a closed game with 1. d4). Then, study and practice that opening, including any opening traps that go along with it. You will be able to play solid chess, but also punish players that are not familiar with the intricacies.

You know what REALLY helps at 1000 rating and below.  works far better than any traps, happens ALL the time, and is something you can work that will boost your rating considerably?

TAKE FREE pawns and peices!  can't tell you HOW many games I have seen where one side had a whole peice or he could take and he doesn't.

oc, nothing in chess is THAT strait forward and sometimes tactics and free peices are BAD moves.  but you Don't Know that if you don't even see the move....

jonnin wrote:

anything that wins a significant advantage is going to rely on your opponent to make a mistake in the opening.   They literally take a specific sequence where both players follow an exact pattern.   For this reason none of them are really common .. because the victim learns pretty fast not to do whatever it was.  And trying to set up traps in most cases leads to an inferior position if your opponent is wise to your trickery.

The most common themes for picking on new players are forking the king and rook with a knight,  or better the king and queen,  or mating with the queen early, or knight mate on a smothered king. 

You will do better if you just learn some theory and openings than trying to get your opponents to make specific mistakes. 

Yeah, I know what you mean. I don't mean to rely on these or anything, just wanna know a few. It's just that moment when I checkmated my friend wit Legal's mate and he threw the iPad we were playing on across the room 😂

well, I can't fault you for being curious.  and there's some clever ones.  good luck in the hunting...

I like traps and consider them a fundamental learning tool.  Here's a grouping of traps, named and otherwise, I had put together a couple years ago:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/a-potpourri-of-traps

Nice collection BG.

Ill add one in memory of Ackbar (RIP).

The center counter defense (aka scandinavian),  a rookie while player will try to keep that pawn.  When they do, this invariably leads to a serious advantage for black.  There are different things white will try.  Rather than try to list all the variations,  I will just encourage you to try this simple opening.  If you can learn a few lines for it, you will have a nasty trick for your friends next time you play.

Wow, thanks Batgirl! That was exactly what I was looking for.

Free Chess Traps App- Google Store 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kodflex.chesstrapspro&;

This is one of the traps in the Queen’s Gambit Declined called the Elephant Trap.

Traps are a real fun way to win games quickly and they especially come in handy in blitz and online games. But do keep in mind, the variations that come with the trap in case the opponent does not go along the way like you imagined!

Here is a playlist of chess traps along with all the variations: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6zs3dZp1hF186GtOaN5lfCChId0BIJOE

Here is a playlist that features chess traps in Hindi: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXVWH6U2qR_EwoSUKVfHWQwJbjq4e8J4m

they are low leveled player like in the 100s lol

About your second diagram: if 4...0-0, then 5.dxc5.