Common Opening Traps

Opening traps all share one engine: a move that LOOKS like a free gift and punishes the taker. You already survived Scholar's Mate and watched Légal's Mate — now the most famous 'free pawn' in chess.

The Blackburne-Shilling trap: Blackburne allegedly won a shilling a game with it in London coffee houses. Watch what happens to White's 'winning' knight.