List of chess traps

In chess, a trap is a move which tempts the opponent to play a bad move. Traps are common in all phases of the game; in the opening, some traps have occurred often enough that they have acquired names.

List of chess traps
Ordered by chess opening:


 * Albin Countergambit: Lasker Trap
 * Blackmar–Diemer Gambit: Halosar Trap
 * Bogo-Indian Defence: Monticelli Trap
 * Budapest Gambit: Kieninger Trap
 * Englund Gambit Trap
 * Italian Game: Blackburne Shilling Gambit
 * Petrov's Defence: Marshall Trap
 * Philidor Defence: Légal Trap
 * Queen's Gambit Declined:
 * Elephant Trap
 * Rubinstein Trap
 * Ruy Lopez:
 * Mortimer Trap
 * Noah's Ark Trap
 * Tarrasch Trap
 * Fishing Pole Trap
 * Sicilian Defence:
 * Magnus Smith Trap
 * Siberian Trap
 * Vienna Gambit: Würzburger Trap