A dreadful Chess Trap: Blackburne Shilling by Rodolfo Pardi

Author:Rodolfo Pardi [Pardi, Rodolfo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: blackburne. shilling, Chess, Cat, Trap
Publisher: Gatteria
Published: 2014-02-17T08:00:00+00:00

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Ruy Lopez

Bird's defense C61

What happens if White plays 3. Bb5, a classic opening, you are trying to avoid, as you have no time to study all the variants?

You might be tempted to play 3. ... Nd4, hoping to meet the trap.

No way, by exploring the database, you will find out that most of the time the Knight will be captured, sometime the Bishop will move to a4, and rarely to b4. In these few cases, still hoping for the trap, you will make a waiting move like b6, to discover that immediately the Knight will be captured. Once in a million times the e5-pawn will be taken, a very negligible percentage

Therefore by playing Nd4 you are willing to enter the Bird's defense.

No diagram will be given, as I suggest to avoid it, the reason being your chances to survive are nil, better resign immediately and be prepared for the next game:

According to chessgames.com:

Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense (C61) 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nd4

Number of games in database: 584

Years covered: 1851 to 2014

Overall record:

White wins 48.1%

Black wins 24.7%

Draws 27.2%

Now, you are thinking, instead of trying the classical variants where you likely will be beaten, why not try this rare variant nobody knows? Even Anand playing White was beaten by a Bird's defense.

In this case, the wise thing to do is to study. Below some references:

a complete detailed analysis http://ctart.chessok.com/course/chess-opening-open-games-1-e4-e5/ruy-lopez-defence/bird-s-defense

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