An attempt to attract one’s opponent into a line of play which should be advantageous by hoping for miscalculation or little care of the position. The most famous traps are the Blackburne trap, Lasker trap, Rubinstein trap, etc.
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Quotes of the Day
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else!
Boris Spassky
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch
Looks like I’m going to raise the average age of the field and lower the average rating!
Garry Kasparov 2017
We will note the openings used by the participants of a nine-round match. The age of openings is considerably higher than the age of both rivals. Some opening positions could be analyzed by Steinitz when he was preparing to his match with Zukertort.
Mikhail Tal 1966 (Petrosian-Spassky match)
Every chessmaster was once a beginner.
Irving Chernev
