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13 English Opening Traps (for white and black)

July 3, 2023 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Deadly and brutally efficient chess traps in the English Opening for both white and black. Learning these could win you quick games, as well as prevent you from losing in a few moves!

Traps for white:

00:00 1. The Poisoned Prophylaxis (Three Knights)
05:27 2. The Mikenas Trap
07:10 3. The Mikenas Poisoned Pawn
10:45 4. The Gruenfeld Diagonal trap
12:50 5. The Scandinavian Knight
13:26 6. The Four Knights Trap
15:25 7. The Four Knights Fork
17:13 8. The Hedgehog Trap

Traps for Black:

19:36 9. The Queen’s Indian Queen Trap
21:03 10. The Symmetrical Trap
23:30 11. The Diagonal Trap (Symmetrical)
24:52 12. The Three Knights Trap

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