34 Best Chess Traps in the Sicilian Defense (by variation and difficulty)
414Deadly Chess Traps in the Sicilian Defense ranging from beginner to Grandmaster level.
The Sicilian Defense is an attacking opening. It's reputation is justly earned. It can often lead to 10-20 move wins if either side is not careful and don't know what they're doing. There are numerous traps and tricks in the Sicilian which are not beginner level, and which even very strong master and grandmaster level players would and have missed in tournament games.
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I have tried to compile a list of such, hard to see, subtle, but deadly traps. I hope it helps!
I have also included many beginner level blunders which could earn you some quick Sicilian wins.
00:00 Intro
00:34 Traps for White, 1: The Sveshnikov Catastrophe
03:26 2: Sveshnikov h6 trap
08:44 3: Sveshnikov Nd5 Ne7 trap
11:08 4: Alapin mate in 6
12:46 5: Alapin - Thanks for the knight
13:46 6: Delayed Alapin Knight trap
14:25 7: Alapin Queen sac
16:45 8: Smith Morra Caro-Kann mate
18:17 9: Smith-Morra Queen trap
20:13 10: Smith-Morra 3
22:56 11: Dragon Knight
24:54 12: Sozin Dragon mistake
29:06 13: Accelerated Dragon, Fischer-Reshevsky 1958
32:29 14: Levenfish Dragon
35:14 15: Awkward rooks in the Dragon
38:39 16: Kan g6 mistake
42:21 17: The Kan Bishop absurdity
43:50 18: Closed Sicilian, the d5 blunder
46:40 19: Giving away d5 in the Rauzer
49:23 20: Rossolimo Queen Trap
53:07 21: Bg5 Najdorf trap
55:42 22: Bg5 Najdorf sacrifice on e6
59:33 23: The Chekover Rook
01:00:55 24: The Chekover Checkmate
01:02:52 25: Nimzowitsch Variation
01:05:31 Traps for Black, Trap 26: The Wing Gambit Catastrophe
01:06:31 27: Staunton Cochrane Checkmate
01:07:54 28: The Chameleon Checkmate
01:09:22 29: Oh, Kelly!
01:11:27 30: The Rossolimo Bishop
01:12:56 31: Alapin c4 trap
01:15:22 32: The Grand Prix Bishop
01:16:57 33: The Accelerated Dragon, f3 mistake
1:20:10 34: Kan trouble on c3
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