3 Best Chess Opening Traps for WHITE (Carlsen was tricked!!)

June 24, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov will be showing you the 3 best chess opening traps for White, which includes the traps in the two knights’ variation of the Caro-Kann Defense, and another from the Queen’s Gambit Accepted.

An interesting thing to note is that even the world champion Magnus Carlsen was tricked into this trap, but eventually he managed to escape from the trap because he’s such a strong player.

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