Knaak/Müller: 222 opening traps after 1.d4

Autor: Müller, Karsten; Knaak, Rainer
Verlag: Olms
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Sprache: German
Buchumschlag: book
Seiten: 147

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The two internationally recognized grandmasters Rainer Knaak and Karsten Müller show pitfalls after the double move of the white queen's pawn.

Traps lurk in every stage of a chess game, but they are most common in the opening. As we all know, however, we learn from our mistakes, so anyone who is willing to learn should be well prepared for the typical failures after 1. e4 after a thorough study of the first book on traps in this series.

In the second part, the scenario is basically the same: the person who has been fooled makes completely “normal” moves – a piece is developed, something is captured, a threat is made and parried. The response, which is usually completely unusual and therefore unexpected, almost inevitably leads to a quick victory for the “trapper”.

For every important opening after 1. d4, such as the Queen's Gambit or the King's Indian Defense, there are introductory texts with the typical trap motifs that you should definitely know.

And this really entertaining textbook has two more big plus points:

• As a welcome side effect, your own ability to combine things is guaranteed to grow considerably
• On the other hand, you can systematically expand your opening repertoire in order to then set cunning traps yourself.

152 pages, paperback, 2nd edition 2022, expanded new edition