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Practice Avoiding Traps

Black to move.
Black to move.
  • Exercises
    No one likes to get caught in an opening trap. Here are a series of exercises designed to test your sense of danger in the opening.
  1. Start With a Winning Game Plan
  2. Step Through the Opening Moves Played by the Masters
  3. Learn More about the First Move
  4. Build an Opening Repertoire
  5. Read In-depth Tutorials on Specific Openings
  6. Practice Avoiding Traps
  7. Become Acquainted with Gambits
  8. Find Out More in these References

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