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Re: Opening traps are killers

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Subject: Re: Opening traps are killers
From: wthyde1...@gmail.com (William Hyde)
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by: William Hyde - Wed, 29 Sep 2021 22:21 UTC

On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 2:47:27 AM UTC-4, Eli Kesef wrote:
> Bs”d
> On Monday, September 20, 2021 at 1:22:16 AM UTC+3, William Hyde wrote:
> > On Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 7:32:36 PM UTC-4, Eli Kesef wrote:
> > > Bs"d
> > >
> > > So I slaughtered hundreds of people with the Englund gambit. It is just that lately it seems that nobody is falling for it. And the Englund is one trap that if the enemy doesn't fall for it, you end up with a rotten position.
> > > So I thought, let's switch to the Budapest gambit for a while, and see what happens. It has a handful of traps in it, and you don't end up with a rotten position if the enemy doesn't fall for it. Like the Englund, you can only play it if the enemy starts out with d4, and cooperates to get the Budapest on the board.
> > > So I gave it a try. And lo and behold, the first try was a great success. No mate within 10 moves, but the opponent had to give up his queen for a horse and a bishop. On move 8. https://lichess.org/M7g5N4zgxk3e
> > A fun little trap.
> >
> > Have you considered the Albin counter gambit? It's very, very tricky. I don't know if today it is regarded as absolutely satisfactory, but it was played by the likes of Lasker, so it can't be too bad. It may not be quite as sound as the Budapest, but is, I think, a bit trappier. And far sounder than the Englund.
> Bs"d
>
> The Albin counter gambit was one of the first traps I learned, about 35 years ago. I tried it several times, both on the club and online, but I never was able to catch anybody with it, so I quit playing it. Also, the Englund became my favoured reply to d5. And it did have some succes on the club with the Budapest gambit, so I never actually caught somebody with the Albin counter gambit trap.

You may want to reconsider. The Albin is not a trap, but an opening with many traps in it. Evading the first does not mean white is out of the woods..

Or as an FM friend of mine put it, while playing another master "He didn't fall for my first cheapo, but he did fall for the second". In the lingo of the times, cheapo = trap. The FM had a third lined up, which he got to play in a later game.

While browsing old chess magazines last night, I ran across an Albin game, Taylor-Tasev, Canada 1983. Taylor was a solid 2300 at the time, Tasev about 2000. One hundred and fifty games were submitted for the brilliancy prize in this event, but the judges said that Tasev's win was by far the best.

Of course if he doesn't fall for one of the many traps you may find yourself having to play a full game. But perhaps, like Mr Tasev, you'll find a way to win anyway.

William Hyde

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