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Chess opening traps to avoid
Normally you can be safe by following the general opening principles; however there are famous opening traps good to know about.
Game 1: “Petroff defense”
From the starting position: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
White attacks the e5 Pawn. Black now could defend it with 2…Nc6 or 2…d6 but decided to counter attack with 2…Nf6 , which is not a mistake yet. White captured the Pawn 3.Nxe5 .
Now Black should play 3…d6, chasing back White’s Knight first before capturing White’s Pawn on e4.
However, let’s see what is wrong with 3…Nxe4?
White will answer with 4.Qe2 attacking Black’s Knight on e4.
Now Black is in trouble. If the Knight moves away from e4, for example 4…Nf6 , then White has a discovered check to win Black’s
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