Chess Traps : Quizzes

Exercises to test your sense of danger in the opening.

Quiz series

Each quiz has seven traps with solutions, not organized in any particular order.

• Quiz 1 Index
  
• Quiz 2 Index
  
• Quiz 3 Index
  
• Quiz 4 Index
  
• Quiz 5 Index
  
• Quiz 6 Index
  
• Quiz 7 Index
  
• Quiz 8 Index
  
• Quiz 9 Index
  
• Quiz 10 Index
  

Background articles

• Part 1
  Introducing our traps series : a chess trap has a large element of surprise. The trapped player didn't notice anything special, but the position is suddenly, completely, irrevocably lost. Here are 21 best-loved traps (Quiz 1-3).
  
  
• Part 2
  Here are 21 more traps (Quiz 4-6) plus links to other pages dedicated to the art of the trap.
  
  
• Part 3
  Here are 28 more traps (Quiz 7-10) plus an index of all traps (parts 1-3) by opening.

Game viewer

• Full games : Step through the moves of the traps.

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