Body: <p>I teach my students that the obvious move isn't always the right one.<br />
  Whenever I need to explain this in-depth, I show the Queen Amadala trap from the QGD (see below).</p>
  <p>Obviously, a more talented student then asks for other examples and I'm out of ideas...</p>
  <p>So the question is: <strong>does anyone else know an opening sequence where the obvious (human) move is wrong?</strong></p>
  <pre><code>[FEN &quot;&quot;]
  1.d4 d5 
  2.c4 e6 
  3.Nc3 Nf6 
  4.Bg5 Nbd7 {seems to lose a pawn after exchanging?}
  5.cxd5 exd5
  6.Nxd5 {the pinned Knight gives away a pawn! Or doesn't it?} (6.e3 {is a more correct approach, but not the intention of the diagram.} c6 {and black seems a little defensive but life goes on.}) Nxd5 {seems to blunder a Q?}
  7.Bxd8 Bb4+ {reclaims the Q and eventually gains a Bishop.}
  </code></pre>
  
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Comments.Text: This can be generated automatically with a program. But you can also find these type of positions by searching the internet with `chess opening traps` or just `chess traps` string.
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Comments.Text: I understand the fact you can use machine analysed chess traps etc. But I am looking for a more human approach. e.g. the Copycat variation `1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nc6+` is a well known trap in the Petrov, which you can easily find. It's a bit a foolish trap with consequences if the adversary 'doesn't bite' however. So I'm looking for something that is still playable if they don't fall for the 'trap'.
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Tags: <opening><opening-traps>
Title: Do you have an example of forced losing lines when you play the obvious move?
ThreadText: # Do you have an example of forced losing lines when you play the obvious move?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-07-28)
  
  I teach my students that the obvious move isn't always the right one.
  Whenever I need to explain this in-depth, I show the Queen Amadala trap from the QGD (see below).
  Obviously, a more talented student then asks for other examples and I'm out of ideas...
  So the question is: does anyone else know an opening sequence where the obvious (human) move is wrong?
  [FEN ""]
  1.d4 d5 
  2.c4 e6 
  3.Nc3 Nf6 
  4.Bg5 Nbd7 {seems to lose a pawn after exchanging?}
  5.cxd5 exd5
  6.Nxd5 {the pinned Knight gives away a pawn! Or doesn't it?} (6.e3 {is a more correct approach, but not the intention of the diagram.} c6 {and black seems a little defensive but life goes on.}) Nxd5 {seems to blunder a Q?}
  7.Bxd8 Bb4+ {reclaims the Q and eventually gains a Bishop.}
  
  **Tags:** opening, opening-traps
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: This can be generated automatically with a program. But you can also find these type of positions by searching the internet with `chess opening traps` or just `chess traps` string.  
  > **username_0**: I understand the fact you can use machine analysed chess traps etc. But I am looking for a more human approach. e.g. the Copycat variation `1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nc6+` is a well known trap in the Petrov, which you can easily find. It's a bit a foolish trap with consequences if the adversary 'doesn't bite' however. So I'm looking for something that is still playable if they don't fall for the 'trap'.  
  
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