28 Ruy Lopez Traps

Ruy Lopez traps from beginner to Grandmaster level, for both white and black and sorted by variation. Get the PGN for all the traps here: https://www.patreon.com/hangingpawns Visit Chessbook to make studying your repertoire much easier: https://chessbook.com/hanging-pawns Thank you for the support!: https://www.paypal.me/HangingPawns The Spanish Game, or the Ruy Lopez, is the richest opening in chess, and, even though it has been extensively analyzed and studied by probably every Gm and theoretitian, there are still many traps you could fall into! I tried to make a list of the best traps in the Ruy Lopez for both white and for black. Some are basic and simple, traps only beginners could fall for, but many are very advanced, traps which even Grandmasters have fallen for and lost as a result. . Visit Chessbook to make studying your repertoire much easier: https://chessbook.com/hanging-pawns Get the PGN for all the traps here: https://www.patreon.com/hangingpawns Thank you for the support!: https://www.paypal.me/HangingPawns 00:00 Intro 00:35 1: Noah's Ark Trap 02:05 2: The Mortimer Trap 04:00 3: Neo-Archangel v., Smothered Mate trap 10:44 4: The Archangel Trap 14:21 5: Blackburne's Trap 17:20 6: Beginner's Knight moves 19:41 7: Exchange Spanish Bait 21:50 8: Exchange V. Advanced Tactics 25:35 9: Exchange V., Loose Bishop 26:41 10: Exchange V., the f6 Trap 27:55 11: Exchange V., Main line trap 30:37 12: Exchange v. Not the Petrov! 33:09 13: Exchange v., The simplest blunder 34:20 14: Trying to trap the bishop and failing 36:30 15: The Anti-Marshall Bishop Sac 40:09 16: Karpov's Open Spanish Trap 43:47 17: Open Spanish Trap by Tarrasch 46:03 18: Open V., The 20 moves of theory Trap 49:19 19: Open v. An intuitive Queen Blunder 50:29 20: Steinitz Defense, Tarrasch's Trap 52:56 21: The Improved Steinitz Trap 54:47 22: Berlin Endgame Trap 57:17 23: Berlin V. Winawer's Trap 59:52 24: Tiviakov's Trap 01:01:51 25: Mackenzie Variation Trap 01:03:56 26: Mackenzie Variation Queen sac, Capablanca-Meyer 1908 01:06:45 27: Cozio Defense trap 01:08:53 28: Cozio Queen sac #chess