Chess traps
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Chess traps are fascinating, unexpected ways to defeat an opponent at chess, sometimes while sacrificing one's own queen or other key pieces.
Top players rely on memory as much as analysis, particularly in speed chess. A mastery of the top chess traps can boost one's playing level significantly, both to use them and to avoid being ensnared in them.