Ruy Lopez 2 Common Traps


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This chess opening lesson presents a video about Ruy Lopez traps. The title of the video is "Ruy Lopez 2 Common Traps", and it is designed for chess beginners. Find the video at the bottom of this page, and the following is a short description of the video in question (see below how the Ruy Lopez chess opening begins).

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Ruy Lopez chess opening

The Ruy Lopez chess opening begins with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5. When you are playing a chess game which started as Ruy Lopez, please be aware about and watch the following 2 common traps in the Ruy Lopez. You can learn these 2 common traps of the Ruy Lopez in the following video.

Ruy Lopez: Video 2 Common Traps


There are a few dozens of the Ruy Lopez traps and many of them are deep in play. The below chess video will show you 2 Ruy Lopez traps which are not deep, common, and must be useful for chess beginners. The first trap may happens at the very beginning of a Ruy Lopez game -- Black will be better.

The second trap is called the Mortimer Trap in which Black intentionally moves back waiting for the mistake -- Black may win the White knight. Both traps may be used for trapping the White opponent and do not lead to the checkmate. The video runs for 2 min 38 sec and consists of 3 parts. To see it, click the Play button below:




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