10 Fastest Chess Opening Traps 😭 with FM Sebastian Fell!

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“Knowing where the trap is—that’s the first step in evading it.”, Frank Herbert, Dune

If your opponent plays good opening moves, it’s difficult to win a miniature (under 20 moves), although if you set a little trap…😈

In this video, FM Sebastian Fell teaches some of the 10 fastest chess opening traps, giving you the perfect opportunity to win chess games quickly while avoiding painful early defeats yourself!

As Fell explains, there are plenty of tricky chess openings that are fundamentally sound. You don’t have to play bizarre moves in the hope of catching someone in your opening trap!
We will see some openings traps below but, if you want to know them all you just has to see the complete video!

A classic opening trap for Black occurs in the Italian game. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4!? This should be a bad move, as the knight is moved for the second time and the e5-pawn is now hanging. But if White tries to punish Black in the most direct way, by capturing the pawn right away, his plan will backfire spectacularly!

4.Nxe5? Qg5! and Black is threatening to take the knight and the g2-pawn. And after 5.Nxf7 Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2, Black can mate with 7…Nf3#!

A perfect example of how to set opening traps! Black played a move to tempt White into making a very natural, but losing, move.

A similar trap can be seen in the Berlin Defense of the Spanish Opening after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3.

In this quite position, most players of the Black pieces develop with …Bc5. But, over 100 years ago, James Mortimer discovered the tricky idea 4…Ne7!?

This is quite a typical maneuver in the middlegame, moving the knight to g6 (and then to f4), preparing …c6, followed by …d5. But, in the opening, it seems a bit slow, when we consider that Black is now behind in development.

As in the previous trap, the e5-pawn is hanging. But can White take it?

Surprisingly not! In fact, 5.Nxe5?? loses a piece after 5…c6, and if the bishop moves then 6…Qa5+ wins the Ne5.

But White can be tricky too, and play 6.Nc4!? Can you see how Black wins now?

First, it’s important to notice that 6…cxb5 loses to 7.Nd6#. Amazing!

So Black has to play 6…d6, defending against the checkmate and, after, 7.Ba4 b5! wins a piece again.

There are many opening traps to analyze. Doing so will improve your tactical vision, broaden your opening knowledge and, perhaps, win you some quick and spectacular games!

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