Opening Traps

I did my due diligence as a newb and searched the forum for books on opening traps which produced zero results.  If there is other terminology to use, I am unaware of it.  Hopefully this will satisfy the elders of the forum. 

This being said, I would love to purchase a book on opening traps.  I began learning openings, studied tactics and then learned the basics of the end game.  These initiatives are ongoing in rotation as one becomes less interesting.  The opening is still a challenge and I want to incorporate traps into my understanding of this phase.  Do any members of the forum own a book on traps that has served as a valuable resource?   

i think bruce pandolfini(i think i spelled that right) has a book called opening traps and zaps.i don't know if it's any good but you could check it out.

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There are 112 views and one response... haha.  Is the question too difficult?  Here's an easy one.  Who knows how to read a book?  hahaha 

Thanks for the recommendation Sniperghost. 

You probably should learn openning goals and ideas and purposes in general, not start a game and hope the guy falls into a trap, play normal good openings and if yes he makes a mistake then exploit that weakness of his, but each opening has his own traps, just focus on one or two and learn it well

I just started playing exactly one month ago today, and have picked up an old book called "New Traps in the Chess Opening" by Al Horowitz (1964).  Here's the first opening taught in the book, which traps the enemy into giving you a Queen (annotated by myself).

Unfortunately, the book doesn't go too deep into annotating the openings, but I started a blog in which I will be posting a new annotation of a game, puzzle, or opening each day (http://blog.chess.com/Carlos508/alekhines-defense-opening-trap-01)

thats very cool.  I doubt I'll ever finagle an opponent into that precise a set of conditions, but hey. :)

Yea, but remember these are basically just a sort of guideline.  It's suppose to demonstrate Forks, Pins, and other techniques.  Kind of like a demonstration in play :)