Chess Traps & Gambits
The complete library of chess opening traps — from beginner classics like the Scholar's Mate to sharp master gambits. Tap any trap to learn it, then master it move-by-move in the Trapster app.
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Queen's pawn game (53)
- Halosar Trap
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap
- Queen's Pawn Game: Mate in 6
- Queen's Pawn Game: White Queen Trap
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Piece
- Queen's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate
- Queen's Pawn Game: White Queen Trap (Gedult–Zweigberg)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Nxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Queen's Pawn Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Queen's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate (Wall–Scal)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Van Eijk–Carvalho)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate (Wall–Millimaci)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate (Ewald–Pfaus)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap #2
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Kennedy–Goldberg)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Bishop Mate
- Queen's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate (Baitsch–Pahlke)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Welling–Scheeren)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Buchanan–Rojas)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Vir–Wall)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Kusin–Warfalamejew)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (J Fowler–Wall)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (DeButts–Critchfield)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Ramon–Yeo)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Tarrasch–Schwartz)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Bernstein–NN)
- Queen's Pawn Game: White Queen Trap (Djurhuus–Liardet)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Roesch–Ruessel)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate (Montjanu–Choare)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate (Gibaud–Lazard)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Petienko–Steiner)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Halics–Lanz)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Shuler–E. Hall)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Piece (LordVader–Wall)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Djordjevic–Kovacevic)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Hondema–Baljon)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Wins a Piece (ShadowDan–Wall)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap #3
- Queen's Pawn Game: Black Queen Trap
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Gant–Kauschmann)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Black Queen Trap (Mestrovic–Macic)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate (Vogel–Krivec)
- Queen's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Steckner–Csajka)
- Double Attack with the Queen
- Sacrifice pawn, win Bishop
- Sacrifice the Queen!!
- Brother of the Englud Trap
- Double Attack
- Queen's Pawn Game: Smothered Mate
- Rubenstien Trap
- Rubinstein trap.
Sicilian Defence (49)
- Siberian Trap
- O'Kelly Trap
- Magnus Smith Trap
- Alapin Sicilian Trap
- Sicilian Defence: Opening Trap
- Sicilian Defence: Opening Trap (Suchin–Miroshishenko)
- Sicilian Defence: Opening Trap (Wittig–Gelzenleichter)
- Sicilian Defence: Back-Rank Mate
- Sicilian Defence: Mate in 6
- Sicilian Defence: Opening Trap (Smrcka–Engel)
- Sicilian Defence: Smothered Mate
- Sicilian Defence: Wins a Pawn
- Sicilian Defence: Smothered Mate (Deming–Cornell)
- Sicilian Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Sicilian Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Zardus–Steventon)
- Sicilian Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Kvist–Johannson)
- Sicilian Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Kurtes–Berta)
- Sicilian Defence: Opening Trap (Bleischmidt–Lytschuk)
- Sicilian Defence: Black Queen Trap
- Sicilian Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Tulip–Clissold)
- Sicilian Defence: Smothered Mate (McCrowther–McCann)
- Sicilian Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Vavrak–Mohsin)
- Sicilian Defence: Knight Fork
- Sicilian Defence: Wins a Pawn (Seret–Liedl)
- Sicilian Defence: Wins a Pawn (Hodova–Pop)
- Sicilian Defence: Wins a Pawn (Wetscherek–Erhart)
- Sicilian Defence: Opening Trap (Michel–Iliesco)
- Sicilian Defence: Back-Rank Mate (Martin–Fernandez)
- Sicilian Defence: Opening Trap (Veroci–Kondou)
- Sicilian Defence: Back-Rank Mate (Vasiukov–Yasseem)
- Sicilian Defence: Opening Trap (Sandmer–Wimmer)
- Sicilian Defence: Wins a Piece
- Sicilian Defence: Knight Fork (Teupe–Wittig)
- Sicilian Defence: Wins a Pawn (Unknown–Pandolfini)
- Sicilian Defence: Opening Trap (Hector–Vidarsson)
- Sicilian Defence: Mate in 6 (Larsen–Unknown)
- Sicilian Defence: Knight Fork (Ekenberg–Alfredsson)
- Sicilian Defence: Nxh7 Sacrifice
- Sicilian Defence: Smothered Mate (Gardijan–Sulc)
- Sicilian Defence: Wins a Pawn #2
- Sicilian Defence: Wins a Pawn (Mcinnes–L'Henoret)
- Sicilian Defence: Opening Trap (Salomonsen–Pallesen)
- Win the Queen with Bxh7+
- The Knight opens the door for his brother
- Sicilian Defence: White Queen Trap
- Win the Queen
- Trap 6 #2
- Sicilian Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Zardus–Steventon) #2
- Sicilian Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Kvist–Johannson) #2
King's pawn opening (47)
- Owen's Defense Trap
- King's Pawn Opening: Back-Rank Mate
- King's Pawn Opening: Black Queen Trap
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Pawn
- King's Pawn Opening: Back-Rank Mate (Klip–Bottema)
- King's Pawn Opening: White Queen Trap
- King's Pawn Opening: Black Queen Trap (Wallwork–Thornton)
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Pawn (D. MacDonald–Basman)
- King's Pawn Opening: Back-Rank Mate (Morin–Forscutt)
- King's Pawn Opening: Opening Trap
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Pawn (Clews–Ellison)
- King's Pawn Opening: Black Queen Trap (Belmondo–Gilardi)
- King's Pawn Opening: Opening Trap #2
- King's Pawn Opening: Bxf2 Sacrifice & Mate
- King's Pawn Opening: Black Queen Trap (Bouillon–Schwab)
- King's Pawn Opening: Opening Trap (Amberger–Sprecher)
- King's Pawn Opening: Nxf7 Sacrifice
- King's Pawn Opening: Opening Trap (Bamber–Chranowski)
- King's Pawn Opening: Knight Fork
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Pawn (O. Smith–Bej)
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Pawn (Wenger–Cornell)
- King's Pawn Opening: Knight Fork (Bhend–Schneiders)
- King's Pawn Opening: Bxg2 Sacrifice & Mate
- King's Pawn Opening: Opening Trap (Wall–Dangermouse)
- King's Pawn Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- King's Pawn Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Piece
- King's Pawn Opening: Opening Trap (Wall–Erndog)
- King's Pawn Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Gross–Geiger)
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Pawn (Wall–J. Reyes)
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Pawn (Wall–Brooks)
- King's Pawn Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (Arnason–Pribyl)
- King's Pawn Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Laszlo–Biro)
- King's Pawn Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Klabunde–Snyder)
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Pawn (Welling–Veugen)
- King's Pawn Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Lusgin–Joffe)
- King's Pawn Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Miannay–Brunneay)
- King's Pawn Opening: Opening Trap (Mackowiak–Kusiak)
- King's Pawn Opening: Knight Fork (Mic–Wall)
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Piece (Wall–Ross)
- King's Pawn Opening: Wins a Pawn (Jowett–Andersen)
- King's Pawn Opening: Nxh7 Sacrifice
- King's Pawn Opening: Bishop Mate
- King's Pawn Opening: White Queen Trap #2
- King's Pawn Opening: Opening Trap #3
- Fool mate
- Trap 8
King's gambit (46)
- Muzio Gambit Trap
- Kieseritzky Gambit Trap
- King's Gambit: Black Queen Trap
- King's Gambit: Opening Trap
- King's Gambit: Wins a Piece
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn
- King's Gambit: Knight Mate
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Wall–Akoneu)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Yuneiev–Klovans)
- King's Gambit: Back-Rank Mate
- King's Gambit: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- King's Gambit: Opening Trap (Rather–Gresser)
- King's Gambit: Knight Mate (Trimpi–Kaplan)
- King's Gambit: Queen Mate
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn #2
- King's Gambit: Back-Rank Mate (Cage–McCoy)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Stu–Wall)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Park–Dion)
- King's Gambit: Nxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- King's Gambit: Mate in 4
- King's Gambit: Opening Trap (Fischer–Straight)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Piece (DeJonge–Vedenina)
- King's Gambit: Wins the Exchange
- King's Gambit: Opening Trap (Norlin–Guraj)
- King's Gambit: Back-Rank Mate (Sanders–Unknown)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Unknown–Gedult)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (D. Evans–Wall)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Saxton–Darting)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (CobaltBlue–Wall)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Mascotti–Gedult)
- King's Gambit: Opening Trap (Bowlby–Cooledge)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Babaev–Moskoviev)
- King's Gambit: Wins the Exchange (Unknown–Olson)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Tagnon–Jojic)
- King's Gambit: Back-Rank Mate (Fenton–Tosato)
- King's Gambit: Opening Trap (Van Arkel–Welling)
- King's Gambit: Nxf7 Sacrifice
- King's Gambit: Nxf7 Sacrifice (Rivaud–Terraz)
- King's Gambit: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Noy–Zurowsky)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Fischer–Jones)
- King's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Burk–Walthour)
- King's Gambit: Back-Rank Mate (Leray–De Castet)
- King's Gambit: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Kings Gambit - Queen Trap
- Kings Gambit - Queen Trap 2
- King gambit trap
Ruy Lopez (45)
- Fishing Pole Trap
- Mortimer Trap
- Noah's Ark Trap
- Tarrasch Trap
- Ruy Lopez: Opening Trap
- Ruy Lopez: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Ruy Lopez: Nxf7 Sacrifice
- Ruy Lopez: Back-Rank Mate
- Ruy Lopez: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (Moura–Mansa)
- Ruy Lopez: Wins a Pawn
- Ruy Lopez: Opening Trap (Mueller–Petek)
- Ruy Lopez: Wins a Pawn (Capablanca–Meyer)
- Ruy Lopez: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Ruy Lopez: Opening Trap (Uhlmeier–Kreutzkamp)
- Ruy Lopez: Back-Rank Mate (Moore–Peto)
- Ruy Lopez: Wins a Pawn (Wall–Flygare)
- Ruy Lopez: White Queen Trap
- Ruy Lopez: Wins a Piece
- Ruy Lopez: Back-Rank Mate (Duncan–Wall)
- Ruy Lopez: Opening Trap (Wall–Henline)
- Ruy Lopez: Wins a Pawn (Garner–Rowland)
- Ruy Lopez: Wins a Pawn (Gonzales–Dyke)
- Ruy Lopez: Knight Mate
- Ruy Lopez: Wins a Piece (Foley–Hoffman)
- Ruy Lopez: Black Queen Trap
- Ruy Lopez: Black Queen Trap (Glass–Bauer)
- Ruy Lopez: Wins a Pawn (Ralls–Beaulieu)
- Ruy Lopez: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Wall–Soltz)
- Ruy Lopez: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (Benko–Sawayer)
- Ruy Lopez: Wins a Pawn (Dykes–Somoza)
- Ruy Lopez: Back-Rank Mate (Chris Yinger–Ben Tyner)
- Ruy Lopez: Knight Fork
- Ruy Lopez: Nxf2 Sacrifice
- The Bishop helps to win the Queen
- Win the Queen with Bxf7+ 2.0
- Anastasia's Mate
- Ruy Lopez: Opening Trap #2
- Ruy Lopez: Back-Rank Mate #2
- Fishing Pole Trap #2
- Fishing pole - Ruy Lopez and Sicilian (black)
- Mortimer Trap - Ruy Lopez (black)
- Ruy Lopez: Opening Trap (Mueller–Petek) #2
- Ruy Lopez: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (Capablanca–Meyer)
- Ruy Lopez: Opening Trap (Uhlmeier–Kreutzkamp) #2
- Ruy Lopez: Wins a Pawn #2
Petrov's defence (38)
- Stafford Gambit Trap
- Marshall Trap (Petrov's Defense)
- Petrov's Defence: Opening Trap
- Petrov's Defence: Wins a Piece
- Petrov's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Petrov's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Robinson–Davie)
- Petrov's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Tg–Lai)
- Petrov's Defence: Nxf7 Sacrifice
- Petrov's Defence: Knight Fork
- Petrov's Defence: Wins a Pawn
- Petrov's Defence: Wins a Pawn (Muir–Johnson)
- Petrov's Defence: Wins a Pawn (Hayes–Wall)
- Petrov's Defence: Wins a Piece (Pennell–Wall)
- Petrov's Defence: Bxf2 Sacrifice
- Petrov's Defence: Opening Trap (Zapata–Anand)
- Petrov's Defence: Wins a Piece (Revelle–Cornell)
- Petrov's Defence: Wins a Pawn (Wall–Pathfinder)
- Petrov's Defence: Nxf7 Sacrifice (Lazarev–Kundichev)
- Petrov's Defence: Back-Rank Mate
- Petrov's Defence: Opening Trap #2
- Petrov's Defence: Back-Rank Mate (Wall–Fitz)
- Petrov's Defence: Nxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Petrov's Defence: Opening Trap (Yin–Zamora)
- Trap 5
- Stafford Gambit- trap 1
- Stafford Gambit | The Exoskeleton
- The Queen-Knight Corner Mate
- ICBM-Style Trap
- The Queen-Rook Mate ⬆
- Petrov's Defence: Wins a Pawn #2
- Oh no my knight!
- Take my knight, but I'll take your rook...
- Most common trap
- Petrov's Defence: Back-Rank Mate #2
- My Favorite Trap (Sometimes works against GMs!)
- Petrov's Defence: Bxf2 Sacrifice #2
- Everyone falls for this trap
- Petrov's Defence: Wins a Pawn #3
King's pawn game (36)
- King's Pawn Game: Nxh2 Sacrifice & Mate
- King's Pawn Game: Opening Trap
- King's Pawn Game: Smothered Mate
- King's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn
- King's Pawn Game: Knight Fork
- King's Pawn Game: Pawn Mate
- King's Pawn Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- King's Pawn Game: Wins the Exchange
- King's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Ocogmas–Wall)
- King's Pawn Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- King's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Sturrell–Unknown)
- King's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn #2
- King's Pawn Game: Opening Trap (Kahn–Masschaele)
- King's Pawn Game: Wins a Piece
- King's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Muratov–Zonov)
- King's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate
- King's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate (Schachter–Grabowski)
- King's Pawn Game: Bxf2 Sacrifice
- King's Pawn Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (Falkbeer–Unknown)
- King's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate (DeVisser–Jennings)
- King's Pawn Game: Bishop Mate
- King's Pawn Game: Wins a Piece #2
- King's Pawn Game: Back-Rank Mate (Jahn–Bayer)
- King's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn (Krumm–Mattern)
- King's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn #3
- King's Pawn Game: Opening Trap #2
- King's Pawn Game: Wins a Pawn #4
- King's Pawn Game: Opening Trap #3
- London Defense [Bb4]
- London Defense [Bb4] Secondary Variation cxb2?
- Hungarian/Benima Defense [Be7]
- Haxo Gambit [Bc5] Secondary Variation
- Haxo Gambit [Bc5] Secondary Variation - Exercise
- King's Pawn Game: Opening Trap #4
- Haxo Gambit [Bc5] c3
- Scholar's mate
Bird's opening (32)
- From's Gambit Trap
- Bird's Opening: Opening Trap
- Bird's Opening: Opening Trap (Wall–Oz)
- Bird's Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Bird's Opening: Wins a Pawn
- Bird's Opening: Back-Rank Mate
- Bird's Opening: Back-Rank Mate (Myers–Unknown)
- Bird's Opening: Back-Rank Mate (Van Kessel–Rensen)
- Bird's Opening: Knight Fork
- Bird's Opening: Knight Mate
- Bird's Opening: Nxf7 Sacrifice
- Bird's Opening: Bishop Mate
- Bird's Opening: Mate in 6
- Bird's Opening: Queen Mate
- Bird's Opening: Mate in 5
- Bird's Opening: White Queen Trap
- Bird's Opening: Nxh2 Sacrifice
- Bird's Opening: Bishop Mate #2
- Bird's Opening: Bxh2 Sacrifice
- Bird's Opening: Black Queen Trap
- Bird's Opening: Black Queen Trap (Linder–Joppen)
- Bird's Opening: Black Queen Trap (Bird–Gunsberg)
- Bird's Opening: Queen Mate (MacBrayne–Crichton)
- Bird's Opening: Black Queen Trap (Gliksteen–Lawrence)
- Bird's Opening: Black Queen Trap (Natapov–Radobarin)
- Bird's Opening: Back-Rank Mate (Warren–Wall)
- Bird's Opening: Nxh2 Sacrifice (Lowenthal–Wendeker)
- Bird's Opening: Mate in 6 (Unknown–Du Mont)
- Bird's Opening: Opening Trap #2
- Bird's Opening: Back-Rank Mate (Bogorad–Labate)
- Trap 5 #2
- Bird's Opening: Knight Mate (Knudsen–Richardson)
Vienna Game (32)
- Frankenstein-Dracula Trap
- Würzburger Trap (Vienna Game)
- Vienna Game: Bxf2 Sacrifice
- Vienna Game: Knight Fork
- Vienna Game: Wins a Pawn
- Vienna Game: Wins a Piece
- Vienna Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Vienna Game: Back-Rank Mate
- Vienna Game: Wins a Pawn (Vukovic–Emmel)
- Vienna Game: White Queen Trap
- Vienna Game: Wins a Piece (Brooks–Crous)
- Vienna Game: Wins a Piece (Glasscoe–Wall)
- Vienna Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Vienna Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (Pillsbury–Fernandez)
- Vienna Game: Pawn Mate
- Vienna Game: Opening Trap
- Vienna Game: Wins a Pawn (Hauwert–Welling)
- Vienna Game: Smothered Mate
- Vienna Game: Wins the Exchange
- Vienna Game: Wins a Pawn (Papoushek–Lutsar)
- Vienna Game: Black Queen Trap
- Vienna Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Imbusch–Goring)
- Vienna Game: Bishop Mate
- Vienna Game: Wins a Piece (Lovegren–Wall)
- Vienna Game: Opening Trap (Ninov–Nathan)
- Vienna Game: Opening Trap (Wessman–Becx)
- Vienna Game: Opening Trap #2
- Vienna Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Kadisch–NN)
- Vienna Game: Knight Fork (Wurzburger–Peifer)
- Vienna Game: Wins a Pawn (Krejcik–Kraus)
- Vienna Game: Smothered Mate #2
- Trap 4 #2
Caro-Kann Defence (30)
- Caro-Kann Smyslov Trap
- Caro-Kann Advance Trap
- Caro-Kann Defence: Opening Trap
- Caro-Kann Defence: Nxf7 Sacrifice
- Caro-Kann Defence: Smothered Mate
- Caro-Kann Defence: Smothered Mate (La Rota–Sarwer)
- Caro-Kann Defence: Opening Trap (Podhraski–Zavec)
- Caro-Kann Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Caro-Kann Defence: Opening Trap (Taylor–Angermann)
- Caro-Kann Defence: Wins a Pawn
- Caro-Kann Defence: Wins a Pawn (Spiel–Bramkamp)
- Caro-Kann Defence: Opening Trap (Metzger–Brandon)
- Caro-Kann Defence: Nxf7 Sacrifice (Buerki–Plauth)
- Caro-Kann Defence: Smothered Mate (Wall–Ferens)
- Caro-Kann Defence: Bishop Mate
- Caro-Kann Defence: Smothered Mate (Smith–Tichenor)
- Caro-Kann Defence: Wins a Piece
- Caro-Kann Defence: Opening Trap (Sira–Konopkova)
- Caro-Kann Defence: Opening Trap (Birr–Mammen)
- Caro-Kann Defence: Bishop Mate (Reti–Tartakower)
- Caro-Kann Defence: White Queen Trap
- Caro-Kann Defence: Black Queen Trap
- Caro-Kann Defence: Smothered Mate (Carame–Matto)
- Oh no, smothered mate!
- Bishop Brother's Mate
- Caro-Kann Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice #2
- Caro kann trap for white
- Karpov trap
- Caro-Kann Defence: Wins a Pawn (Spiel–Bramkamp) #2
- Caro-Kann Defence: Wins a Piece (Sira–Konopkova)
French Defence (28)
- French Milner-Barry Trap
- French Defence: Smothered Mate
- French Defence: Bxf2 Sacrifice
- French Defence: Back-Rank Mate
- French Defence: Wins a Piece
- French Defence: Mate in 6
- French Defence: Wins a Pawn
- French Defence: Wins a Pawn (Szily–Vloch)
- French Defence: Wins a Pawn (Van Steenis–Wechsler)
- French Defence: Queen Mate
- French Defence: Wins a Pawn (Goldenov–Nekrassov)
- French Defence: Wins a Piece (Hieser–Shue)
- French Defence: Wins a Pawn (Schnabel–Cook)
- French Defence: Black Queen Trap
- French Defence: Back-Rank Mate (Diemer–Buerger)
- French Defence: Opening Trap
- French Defence: Opening Trap (C. Hansen–Rodas)
- French Defence: Wins a Piece (Muellen–Wagner)
- French Defence: Opening Trap #2
- French Defence: Bxh7 Sacrifice
- French Defence: Opening Trap (Unknown–Blaine)
- French Defence: White Queen Trap
- French Defence: Knight Mate
- Win the Queen like a GM
- French Defence: Smothered Mate (Grossner–Budrich)
- French Defence: Queen Mate (Dake–Pauli)
- French Defence: Wins a Pawn (Velimirovic–Ristovic)
- French Defence: Wins a Piece (Muellen–Wagner) #2
Two Knights Defence (28)
- Fried Liver Attack Trap
- Traxler Counterattack Trap
- Two Knights Trap
- Two Knights Defence: Wins a Pawn
- Two Knights Defence: Wins a Pawn (Fischer–Burger)
- Two Knights Defence: Nxf7 Sacrifice
- Two Knights Defence: Wins a Piece
- Two Knights Defence: Nxf7 Sacrifice (Hryniw–Taggert)
- Two Knights Defence: Back-Rank Mate
- Two Knights Defence: White Queen Trap
- Two Knights Defence: Opening Trap
- Two Knights Defence: Back-Rank Mate (Wall–Bubar)
- Two Knights Defence: Back-Rank Mate (Yam–Wall)
- Two Knights Defence: Bxf2 Sacrifice & Mate
- Two Knights Defence: Bxf2 Sacrifice
- Two Knights Defence: Bxf2 Sacrifice (Crowley–Wall)
- Two Knights Defence: Nxh7 Sacrifice
- Sacrifice the Knight!
- OMG Trap
- Fried Liver checkmate trap!
- Traxler-Counter Gambit
- Fried Liver Attack
- Fried Liver Attack- Variation 2
- Two Knights Defence: Nxf7 Sacrifice #2
- Two Knights Defence: Back-Rank Mate #2
- Fried liver attack
- Two Knights Defence: Nxf7 Sacrifice #3
- Two Knights Defence: Back-Rank Mate (Yam–Wall) #2
Philidor's defence (27)
- Legal's Mate Trap
- Philidor Hanham Trap
- Philidor's Defence: Opening Trap
- Philidor's Defence: Knight Mate
- Philidor's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Philidor's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Philidor's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice #2
- Philidor's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (Wall–Perry)
- Philidor's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (Hartlaub–Worch)
- Philidor's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (De Legal–St Brie)
- Philidor's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate #2
- Philidor's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Ribeiro–Skinner)
- Philidor's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice #3
- Philidor's Defence: Wins a Pawn
- Philidor's Defence: Knight Fork
- Philidor's Defence: Wins a Piece
- Philidor's Defence: White Queen Trap
- Philidor's Defence: Opening Trap #2
- Philidor's Defence: Queen Mate
- Philidor's Defence: White Queen Trap (Koltanowski–Cable)
- Philidor's Defence: Black Queen Trap
- Philidor's Defence: Wins a Pawn #2
- Philidor's Defence: Opening Trap (Spraggett–Bolleau)
- Attack on f7
- Fischer trap
- Legal mate
- Philidor's Defence: Opening Trap (Ribeiro–Skinner)
Chess Opening (26)
- Fool's Mate Trap
- Bishop Mate
- Knight Mate
- Bishop Mate (Aasum–Frenzel)
- Nxf7 Sacrifice
- Opening Trap
- Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Wins a Pawn
- Wins a Pawn (Unknown–Gaeta)
- Wins a Piece
- Black Queen Trap
- Black Queen Trap (Wall–Kubasek)
- Wins a Pawn (Bloodgood–Bowlby)
- Wins a Pawn (van der Heiden–van Wonrooy)
- Bxf7 Sacrifice #2
- Wins the Exchange
- Wins a Pawn (Lemke–Brummett)
- Wins a Pawn (De Vries–Broekhoeven)
- Wins a Pawn (Nemet–Knezevic)
- Wins a Piece (Schoenau–Froka)
- Opening Trap (Bloodgood–Mizesko)
- Opening Trap (Cunliffe–Friedlander)
- Wins a Pawn (Wall–Shirley)
- Wins a Pawn (Hengstler–Schlenker)
- Opening Trap (Havenaar–Von Saldern)
- Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
Budapest Defence (25)
- Kieninger Trap
- Fajarowicz Trap (Budapest Gambit)
- Budapest Gambit Adler Trap
- Budapest Defence: Opening Trap
- Budapest Defence: Bxf2 Sacrifice & Mate
- Budapest Defence: Wins a Pawn
- Budapest Defence: Nxf2 Sacrifice
- Budapest Defence: Smothered Mate
- Budapest Defence: Wins a Pawn (Bloemen–Gedult)
- Budapest Defence: Knight Mate
- Budapest Defence: Nxf2 Sacrifice & Mate
- Budapest Defence: Wins a Pawn (Takacz–Krejcik)
- Budapest Defence: Nxf2 Sacrifice (Rajacajn–Wall)
- Budapest Defence: Bxf2 Sacrifice
- Budapest Defence: Smothered Mate #2
- Budapest Defence: Smothered Mate (Detellis–Wall)
- Budapest Defence: Nxf2 Sacrifice (Preston–Wall)
- Budapest Defence: Smothered Mate (Subbraman–Munteanu)
- Budapest Defence: Smothered Mate (Flament–Gedult)
- Budapest Defence: Opening Trap (Hertneck–Wunderer)
- Budapest Defence: Bxf2 Sacrifice #2
- Fajarowicz Trap.
- Budapest Defence: Wins a Piece
- Budapest Defence: Knight Mate (Rabott–Wall)
- Budapest Defence: Smothered Mate (Heuston–Wall)
English Opening (24)
- English Opening: Smothered Mate
- English Opening: Mate in 5
- English Opening: Opening Trap
- English Opening: White Queen Trap
- English Opening: Opening Trap (Lehmann–Schulz)
- English Opening: Black Queen Trap
- English Opening: Knight Fork
- English Opening: Opening Trap (Kaprinay–H Hubner)
- English Opening: Opening Trap #2
- English Opening: White Queen Trap (Muller–Duchamp)
- English Opening: Opening Trap (Petrosian–Ree)
- English Opening: Wins the Exchange
- English Opening: White Queen Trap (Molero–Lootsma)
- English Opening: Opening Trap (Kaprinay–Hubner)
- English Opening: Opening Trap (Schmitt–Pribyl)
- English Opening: Opening Trap (Knopp–Koebele)
- English Opening: Wins a Pawn
- English Opening: Mate in 6
- English Opening: Opening Trap (Rodman–Wall)
- Pawn Running
- English Opening: Wins a Pawn #2
- English Opening: White Queen Trap (Mason–Wall)
- English Opening: White Queen Trap (Molero–Lootsma) #2
- English Opening: Wins a Pawn (Brooks–Wall)
Bishop's opening (23)
- Scholar's Mate Trap
- Nakhmanson Gambit Trap
- Bishop's Opening: Opening Trap
- Bishop's Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Bishop's Opening: Opening Trap (Wall–Stroud)
- Bishop's Opening: Wins a Pawn
- Bishop's Opening: Bxf2 Sacrifice
- Bishop's Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Bishop's Opening: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Boros–Saller)
- Bishop's Opening: Wins a Pawn (Yarray–Wall)
- Bishop's Opening: Opening Trap (Asphaltboy–Wall)
- Bishop's Opening: Back-Rank Mate
- Bishop's Opening: Pawn Mate
- Bishop's Opening: Opening Trap (Tammela–Kiltti)
- Bishop's Opening: Black Queen Trap
- Bishop's Opening: Opening Trap (Hejny–Jerabek)
- Bishop's Opening: Wins the Exchange
- Bishop's Opening: Opening Trap (NN–Zukertort)
- Trap 3
- Bishop Opening 4
- Bishops Opening Trap
- Bishops Opening Trap 2
- Bishop's Opening: Wins a Piece
Alekhine's defence (22)
- Alekhine's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Alekhine's Defence: Opening Trap
- Alekhine's Defence: Wins a Pawn
- Alekhine's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Alekhine's Defence: Opening Trap #2
- Alekhine's Defence: Opening Trap #3
- Alekhine's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (Wall–Challee)
- Alekhine's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Wall–Hayes)
- Alekhine's Defence: Wins a Piece
- Alekhine's Defence: Wins a Pawn (Mazukewitsch–Kandaurov)
- Alekhine's Defence: Wins a Pawn (Borochow–Fine)
- Alekhine's Defence: Black Queen Trap
- Alekhine's Defence: Back-Rank Mate
- Alekhine's Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate (Powers–Dake)
- Alekhine's Defence: Wins a Piece (Wawryk–Martel)
- Alekhine's Defence: Opening Trap (Wall–Rasmussen)
- Alekhine's Defence: Knight Fork
- Alekhine's Defence: Wins a Pawn (Gronchevsky–Ohlin)
- Knight and Bishop Mate
- Alekhine's Defence: Wins a Pawn (Stock–Rades)
- Alekhine's Defence: Wins a Pawn (Borochow–Fine) #2
- Alekhine's Defence: Back-Rank Mate (Wawryk–Martel)
Italian Game (21)
- Blackburne Shilling Gambit Trap
- Rousseau Gambit Trap
- Jerome Gambit Trap
- Italian Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Italian Game: Opening Trap
- Italian Game: Queen Mate
- Italian Game: Knight Fork
- Italian Game: Bishop Mate
- Italian Game: Knight Fork (Krabbe–Nieuwhuis)
- Italian Game: Wins a Pawn
- Italian Game: Opening Trap (Funston–Sullivan)
- Italian Game: Wins a Pawn (Fiorito–Terpstra)
- Italian Game: Wins a Pawn (Estrin–Liberzon)
- Italian Game: Mate in 6
- Italian Game: Back-Rank Mate
- Italian Game: Queen Mate (Rogelj–Grobelsek)
- Win the Queen in the middle of the board
- Trap 4
- Legal Trap
- Italian game, crush it!!
- Bishop safari gambit
Scandinavian Defence (21)
- Scandinavian Defence: Knight Fork
- Scandinavian Defence: Wins a Piece
- Scandinavian Defence: Opening Trap
- Scandinavian Defence: Wins the Exchange
- Scandinavian Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice & Mate
- Scandinavian Defence: White Queen Trap
- Scandinavian Defence: Knight Fork (Wall–LonelyMonkey)
- Scandinavian Defence: Opening Trap #2
- Scandinavian Defence: Knight Fork (Wall–R. Adams)
- Scandinavian Defence: White Queen Trap (Zabrzeski–Angelov)
- Scandinavian Defence: Wins a Piece (Cagle–Wall)
- Scandinavian Defence: Back-Rank Mate
- Scandinavian Defence: Opening Trap (Ourmet–Cierniak)
- Scandinavian Defence: Wins a Pawn
- Scandinavian Defence: Wins a Piece (Kelics–Simic)
- Scandinavian Defence: Wins a Pawn (Lapshun–Gouret)
- Scandinavian Defence: Wins a Pawn (Krejcik–Takacs)
- Scandinavian Defence: Opening Trap (Jenal–Stoecklin)
- Scandinavian Defence: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Scandinavian Defence: Knight Fork #2
- Ballistic missle gambit
Reti Opening (17)
- Tennison Gambit (ICBM) Trap
- Reti Opening Trap
- Reti Opening: Opening Trap
- Reti Opening: Wins a Piece
- Reti Opening: Wins a Pawn
- Reti Opening: White Queen Trap
- Reti Opening: Wins a Pawn (Jesates–Wall)
- Reti Opening: Knight Fork
- Reti Opening: Smothered Mate
- Reti Opening: Wins a Piece (Ferrell–Wall)
- Reti Opening: Opening Trap (Kapischka–Kupreichik)
- Reti Opening: Opening Trap (Hartoch–Wilschut)
- Sacrifice on F7
- Pawn Fork
- Sacrifice the Queen!! 2.0
- Inter Continental Ballistic Missile- Trap for Black
- Reti Opening: Back-Rank Mate
Centre Game (17)
- Danish Gambit Trap
- Centre Game: Knight Fork
- Centre Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Centre Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Wall–Van Guilder)
- Centre Game: Wins a Pawn
- Centre Game: Opening Trap
- Centre Game: Black Queen Trap
- Centre Game: Bishop Mate
- Centre Game: Black Queen Trap (Wall–Davidson)
- Centre Game: Black Queen Trap (Bronstein–Unknown)
- Centre Game: Opening Trap (Memo–Wall)
- Centre Game: Bxf2 Sacrifice
- Centre Game: Knight Fork (Barnett–Eastwood)
- Danish Gambit Trap #2
- Danish Gambit Queen Trap 1
- Danish Gambit Queen Trap 2
- Danish gambit
Dutch (17)
- Kortchnoi Trap (Dutch Defense)
- Krejcik Trap (Dutch Defense)
- Dutch: Wins a Pawn
- Dutch: Wins a Pawn (Vaiser–Mutzner)
- Dutch: Wins a Pawn #2
- Dutch: Wins a Piece
- Dutch: Wins a Pawn (Hamlet–Wall)
- Dutch: Wins a Piece (Jorgensen–Jensen)
- Dutch: Wins the Exchange
- Dutch: Bishop Mate
- Dutch: Knight Mate
- Dutch: Back-Rank Mate
- Dutch: Opening Trap
- Dutch: Black Queen Trap
- Dutch: Wins a Pawn (Gazarek–Krumpak)
- Dutch: Bishop Mate (Teed–Delmar)
- Dutch: Wins a Pawn (Hopton–Eastwood)
Queen's Gambit (16)
- Lasker Trap
- Queen's Gambit: Back-Rank Mate
- Queen's Gambit: Opening Trap
- Queen's Gambit: Queen Mate
- Queen's Gambit: Back-Rank Mate (Katsampes–Robinson)
- Queen's Gambit: Smothered Mate
- Queen's Gambit: Queen Mate (Ganesan–Romo)
- Queen's Gambit: Knight Fork
- Queen's Gambit: Wins a Pawn
- Queen's Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Wall–Rafe)
- Queen's Gambit: Queen Mate (Schubert–Tipary)
- Lasker Trap #2
- Lasker Trap #3
- Albin counter gamit, Lakser trap
- Lasker trap
- Lasker Trap - Albin Counter-Gambit to Queens Gambit (black)
King's knight opening (16)
- King's Knight Opening: Wins a Pawn
- King's Knight Opening: Wins a Pawn (Gunderam–Grava)
- King's Knight Opening: Nxf2 Sacrifice
- King's Knight Opening: Knight Mate
- King's Knight Opening: Mate in 6
- King's Knight Opening: Knight Fork
- King's Knight Opening: Knight Fork (Sitter–Wall)
- King's Knight Opening: Wins a Pawn (Deronne–Gedult)
- King's Knight Opening: Opening Trap
- King's Knight Opening: Knight Mate (Abrikossowski–Parkov)
- King's Knight Opening: Wins a Piece
- King's Knight Opening: Wins a Pawn (Mikhailtal–Wall)
- King's Knight Opening: Back-Rank Mate
- King's Knight Opening: White Queen Trap
- King's Knight Opening: Opening Trap (Rodriguez–Herrera)
- Damiano gambit
Queen's pawn (13)
- Englund Gambit Trap
- Englund Gambit Complex Trap
- Queen's Pawn: Black Queen Trap
- Queen's Pawn: Smothered Mate
- Queen's Pawn: Opening Trap
- Queen's Pawn: Smothered Mate (Bohmann–Ulfheden)
- Queen's Pawn: Knight Fork
- Queen's Pawn: Opening Trap (Schatzle–Batchis)
- Queen's Pawn: Back-Rank Mate
- Queen's Pawn: Opening Trap (Venert–Mechkarov)
- Queen's Pawn: Back-Rank Mate (Moreno–Francisco)
- Sacrifice the Knight on f7
- Englund Gambit 3
Benko Gambit (13)
- Benko Gambit: Wins a Pawn
- Benko Gambit: Wins a Piece
- Benko Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Dobosz–Massing)
- Benko Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Spassov–Adorjan)
- Benko Gambit: Opening Trap
- Benko Gambit: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Benko Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Kirchenhoff–Foldi)
- Benko Gambit: Smothered Mate
- Benko Gambit: Opening Trap (Buggler–Guarisco)
- Benko Gambit: Opening Trap (Domanski–Schlesinger)
- Queen Fork 2.0
- Benko Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Spassov–Adorjan) #2
- Benko Gambit: Wins a Pawn (Kirchenhoff–Foldi) #2
Giuoco Piano (9)
Queen's gambit accepted (9)
- Queen's Gambit Accepted Trap
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Wins the Exchange
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Green–Varley)
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Wins a Pawn
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Opening Trap
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Wins a Pawn (Farago–Blumberg)
- Queen's Gambit Accepted: Bxf7 Sacrifice (Sajtar–Sliwe)
- Trap 6
Three Knights Game (9)
- Three Knights Game: Bxf7 Sacrifice
- Three Knights Game: Wins a Pawn
- Three Knights Game: Back-Rank Mate
- Three Knights Game: Bxf2 Sacrifice
- Three Knights Game: Bxf2 Sacrifice (Bojadgieva–Salazar)
- Three Knights Game: Queen Mate
- Three Knights Game: Wins a Pawn (Stulz–Wall)
- Three Knights Game: Wins a Pawn (D. Michaelsen–F. Michaelsen)
- Legal's Mate
Polish Opening (9)
- Polish Opening: Bxf2 Sacrifice & Mate
- Polish Opening: Opening Trap
- Polish Opening: Wins a Pawn
- Polish Opening: Wins a Pawn (Meybohm–Kucharkowski)
- Polish Opening: Wins a Piece
- Polish Opening: White Queen Trap
- Polish Opening: Bxg7 Sacrifice
- Polish Opening: Wins a Piece (Wall–Hatherill)
- Polish Opening: Bxg7 Sacrifice #2
Queen's gambit declined (9)
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Promotion Trap
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Wins a Piece
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Wins a Pawn
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Black Queen Trap
- Elephant Trap - QGD (black)
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Opening Trap
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Wins a Piece (Khalilbeili–Furman)
- Queen's Gambit Declined: White Queen Trap
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Knight Fork
Pirc Defence (8)
Nimzo-Indian Defence (8)
Old Indian Defence (8)
- Old Indian Defence: Opening Trap
- Old Indian Defence: White Queen Trap
- Old Indian Defence: White Queen Trap (Sonntag–Auer)
- Old Indian Defence: White Queen Trap (Visier–Tal)
- Old Indian Defence: Opening Trap (Wehnert–Metsjkarov)
- Old Indian Defence: Opening Trap (Van der Heiden–Salam)
- Old Indian Defence: White Queen Trap (Sonntag–Auer) #2
- Old Indian Defence: White Queen Trap (Wehnert–Metsjkarov)
Scotch Game (8)
Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Bg5 (7)
Evans Gambit (7)
Gruenfeld Defence (7)
King's Indian defence (7)
- King's Indian Defence: Opening Trap
- King's Indian Defence: Wins a Pawn
- King's Indian Defence: Opening Trap (Wall–Gant)
- King's Indian Defence: Wins a Pawn (Feijtens–van der Heiden)
- King's Indian Defence: Opening Trap (Atkins–Conde)
- King's Indian Defence: White Queen Trap
- King's Indian Defence: Opening Trap (Atkins–Conde) #2
Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (7)
- Nimzovich-Larsen Attack: Back-Rank Mate
- Nimzovich-Larsen Attack: Wins a Piece
- Nimzovich-Larsen Attack: Wins a Pawn
- Nimzovich-Larsen Attack: Opening Trap
- Nimzovich-Larsen Attack: Wins a Pawn (Wall–Jennings)
- Nimzovich-Larsen Attack: Back-Rank Mate (Shibut–Pugh)
- Nimzovich-Larsen Attack: Back-Rank Mate (Johansen–Budde)
Robatsch Defence (7)
Queen's Indian defence (7)
- Queen's Indian Defence: Bxg2 Sacrifice
- Queen's Indian Defence: Opening Trap
- Queen's Indian Defence: Opening Trap (Friedman–Duncan)
- Queen's Indian Defence: Black Queen Trap
- Queen's Indian Defence: Opening Trap (Kraidman–Harestad)
- Queen's Indian Defence: Opening Trap (Uhlmann–Andersen)
- Queen's Indian Defence: Black Queen Trap (Berlin–Aspengren)