13 English Opening Traps (for white and black)
intermediate
Deadly and brutally efficient chess traps in the English Opening for both white and black. Learning these could win you quick games, as well as prevent you from losing in a few moves!
Traps for white:
00:00 1. The Poisoned Prophylaxis (Three Knights)
05:27 2. The Mikenas Trap
07:10 3. The Mikenas Poisoned Pawn
10:45 4. The Gruenfeld Diagonal trap
12:50 5. The Scandinavian Knight
13:26 6. The Four Knights Trap
15:25 7. The Four Knights Fork
17:13 8. The Hedgehog Trap
Traps for Black:
19:36 9. The Queen's Indian Queen Trap
21:03 10. The Symmetrical Trap
23:30 11. The Diagonal Trap (Symmetrical)
24:52 12. The Three Knights Trap
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