Opening Traps/Puzzles

Hello, today I will share five opening traps that may happen in your games.

Keres - Arlamowski

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nbd7? White to move and win.

The next position occurs in a lot of games.

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Bc4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nd7 White to move and win.

Megy - Gregus

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5 White to move and win.

Another position with plenty of games in the database:

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nxe4 White to move and win.

Ikonnikov - Colijn

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. e3 0-0 9. Bd3 Re8 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bf4 Nh5 White to move and win a pawn. The rest of the game is fun to watch if you play through it.

Solutions in the comments. 😀