Ideas, Openings & Improvement

Scholar's Mate is a 4-move checkmate that every beginner falls for. Here is how to stop it and punish it.

Legal's Trap, the Lasker Trap, the Stafford Gambit, seven opening traps that club players still fall into. Learn them to win fast, or to stop losing fast.

Know these 25 traps or fall for them. Every beginner needs to learn them, both to avoid them and to catch opponents who don't.