Answers.Body: <p>A perfect example of this would be the Stafford Gambit.
  <a href="https://lichess.org/study/owQA1BTe" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Analysis</a> done by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Rosen_(chess_player)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">IM Eric Rosen</a> shows many very tricky traps.</p>
  
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Body: <p>A perfect example of what I'm looking for is a position like this one, the &quot;Blackburne Shilling Gambit&quot;</p>
  <p>1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nd4?</p>
  <pre><code>[fen &quot;r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/2BnP3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 4 4&quot;]
  </code></pre>
  <p>The stats from Lichess show that Nxe5 is the second most popular move - being played half as often as the most popular move - despite giving a decisive advantage to black.</p>
  <img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vyFrJ.png" width="400">
  <p>In this case at least, it's obvious enough that it's an intentional gambit from black and a dubious line to play into. In other positions, however, there's much less reason to suspect an otherwise typical opening move will lead to a tactic. I know I've certainly run into those positions when playing against an engine, though I can't remember any in particular</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Does any of these answer your question? https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/15744/is-there-a-list-of-all-potential-mates-traps-under-10-moves-or-so
  https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/822/what-are-some-common-chess-traps/825#825
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Comments.Text: Those look promising, thank you. I'll check them out. I deliberately avoided asking about opening "traps" because I didn't want to exclude scenarios where the misplay isn't necessarily a move the opposing side is hoping for when playing the line. Granted that that's the case with the example I gave though..
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Comments.Text: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4?!
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Title: What are some common opening positions where reasonable looking moves are misplays?
ThreadText: # What are some common opening positions where reasonable looking moves are misplays?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-01-08)
  
  A perfect example of what I'm looking for is a position like this one, the "Blackburne Shilling Gambit"
  1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nd4?
  [fen "r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/2BnP3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 4 4"]
  
  The stats from Lichess show that Nxe5 is the second most popular move - being played half as often as the most popular move - despite giving a decisive advantage to black.
  
  In this case at least, it's obvious enough that it's an intentional gambit from black and a dubious line to play into. In other positions, however, there's much less reason to suspect an otherwise typical opening move will lead to a tactic. I know I've certainly run into those positions when playing against an engine, though I can't remember any in particular
  
  **Tags:** opening, opening-traps
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Does any of these answer your question? https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/15744/is-there-a-list-of-all-potential-mates-traps-under-10-moves-or-so https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/822/what-are-some-common-chess-traps/825#825  
  > **username_0**: Those look promising, thank you. I'll check them out. I deliberately avoided asking about opening "traps" because I didn't want to exclude scenarios where the misplay isn't necessarily a move the opposing side is hoping for when playing the line. Granted that that's the case with the example I gave though..  
  > **username_2**: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4?!  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2022-08-01. Score: 3
  
  A perfect example of this would be the Stafford Gambit.
  [Analysis](https://lichess.org/study/owQA1BTe) done by [IM Eric Rosen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Rosen_(chess_player)) shows many very tricky traps.
  
  
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