On Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 2:36:17 AM UTC+3, Eli Kesef wrote:
> Bs"d
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> So I bought myself a second hand chess book for next to nothing; "Teach Yourself Chess" by IM Bill Hartston, 2 times winner of the British Championship, and the first one to stack the pieces from an entire chess set on top of a single white castle.
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> Parts of the book looks like rats have been eating it, but everything is still very well readable, thank God.
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> It's a very nice book, you can teach yourself chess with it, and it has about everything, openings, endgames, tactics, history of chess, illustrative games, very nice book for a beginner or club player: https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Chess-McGraw-Hill/dp/0844230502
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> So in that book I found an interesting gambit in the Italian opening, (aka giuoco piano) where you gambiteer not one, but two pawns. And it has a wonderful trap in it.
> So I spent my free Saturday learning that trap with all its variations by heart, and after the sun had set, I cranked up my computer, and gave it a shot on Lichess. It took a few games, but lo and behold, after I played the bishop opening, my favorite, some opponent turned it into the Italian opening. So I offered him a pawn, and he took it. I offered him a second pawn, and he took it. Then I offered him a castle, but he didn't take it. Didn't make a difference though, because it was too late already. He fought hard, but to no avail; he came out of the opening with a bishop missing: https://lichess.org/Ig4sFrqZMgJ0
> And from there it was all downhill, I exchanged everything, got myself an exchange on top of it, got into and endgame with a castle more, and the enemy surrendered unconditionally.
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> Great trap! I want to try that more often.
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> https://tinyurl.com/trappish

Bs"d

So I had an 1831 and I played the Italian opening against him, and he responded in kind, the usual Italian defense. And again I tried the trap that I got from above book, and again it worked like a charm. The enemy came out of the opening with a castle missing: https://lichess.org/lWIHEADlGWKD

He could have gotten away with only giving up a horse or bishop for two pawns, but he was kind enough to give me a whole castle, which I gratefully accepted.

You don't give the enemy just a pawn, you give him TWO pawns, and then usually he chokes on 'm.

Opening traps a beautiful things.

HalleluJah!!

https://tinyurl.com/beerklem