Hort at his devious best. Polugaevsky vs Hort, 1976  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 0-1 A textbook swindle from Pavel's dad J Fichtl vs F Blatny, 1956  (A47) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2 Once I created my own pearl .... (Bronstein) Bronstein vs Gligoric, 1967  (C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 40 moves, 1-0 How to ambush a steamroller ... F Bohatirchuk vs Botvinnik, 1935  (C49) Four Knights, 38 moves, 1-0 Handcrafted by "Marshall's Signature Traps" Marshall vs Duras, 1905  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0 An important rook-edgame theme Marshall vs Duras, 1912  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 Judo by Nimzo Nimzowitsch vs P S Leonhardt, 1911   (C49) Four Knights, 48 moves, 1-0 A Strategic Trap ... (Pachman: "Modern Chess Strattegy") B Thelen vs F Treybal, 1927  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 49 moves, 1-0 Capablanca's private joke O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 A strategic trap of rare proportions (14.Qd3!) Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 A brilliant tactical ambush in the endgame Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1930  (A90) Dutch, 50 moves, 1-0 Better Chess: 'Creating Luck' Andersson vs W Hartston, 1973  (A04) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 0-1 Queen for bait Szabo vs K Honfi, 1950  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0 To mask of an ambush -- move away J Szily vs Bronstein, 1949  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 39 moves, 0-1 Bait them horse meat Nimzowitsch vs Euwe, 1929  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0 "...and the finish was 'coffee-house'." (Botvinnik) Bronstein vs Keres, 1949  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 35 moves, 1-0 A great stalemate swindle W E Fuller vs L Basin, 1992  (A80) Dutch, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2 Opening Trap Spielmann Spielmann vs Bogoljubov, 1919  (C47) Four Knights, 31 moves, 1-0 Strategic baiting with a3-f8 diagonal; x-change N Marache vs Morphy, 1857  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1 A grand rope-a-dope by Kramnik Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0 Taking eyes from the ball (pawn)? D Doric vs V Bukal Sr, 2001  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1 25...d4! - d-file block as cover, b2--g8 as bait, Bxg2! as trap Anand vs Leko, 2005  (B33) Sicilian, 57 moves, 0-1 Only a swindle can trip Zukertort in 1883. Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1883  (C46) Three Knights, 31 moves, 0-1 When trap backfires. Ljubojevic vs Stein, 1973  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 0-1 Sliwa spots a nifty combo against a great tactician Sliwa vs G Stoltz, 1953  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 "The greatest swindle ever ..." Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0 40...Nd5! 41.Rd7? Rd3! ... Alekhine vs Lasker, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 89 moves, 0-1 An 'incomplete analysis' trap Botvinnik vs Spielmann, 1935  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0 A battery with delayed-explosion charge Topalov vs Ponomariov, 2006  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 65 moves, 1-0 Centralizing step of a king draws out an in-kind reply J Rosecky vs J Cervenka, 2000  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 44 moves, 0-1 Charousek's swindle. K Walbrodt vs Charousek, 1896  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2 White goes after a strichnine pawn Pelletier vs Carlsen, 2006  (E15) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1 Determined to attack 2B simultaneously Bronstein vs Reshevsky, 1953  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 51 moves, 1-0 Fun traps from both sides at the end Schlechter vs H Wolf, 1904  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 44 moves, 1-0 A great stalemate swindle Keres vs Kholmov, 1948  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2 Mr: "I am just a cheep tactician" Aronian Van Wely vs Aronian, 2007  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2 Coralling a bishop Duras vs P Johner, 1911  (C01) French, Exchange, 47 moves, 1-0 Lasker: Ah, Black took you bait. Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1936  (A92) Dutch, 38 moves, 1-0 Swindle's department C Pilnick vs Reshevsky, 1942  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2 Poisenous a-pawn Flohr vs P Schmidt, 1937  (A28) English, 40 moves, 0-1 AAA recommendation crashed on Capa E Steiner vs Capablanca, 1929  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1 Bxg2! -- now try to find the right defense. A Aleksandrov vs Adams, 2002  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 35 moves, 0-1 10.Bd4! f6? 11.Bxb5! Bronstein vs Taimanov, 1961  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 34 moves, 1-0 ...Nb3 as a strategic trap V Iordachescu vs Karpov, 2007  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 0-1 Menchik vs E E Book, 1938  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 1-0 Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1895   (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1 44...Rxf4? 45.Rc8+ A Budo vs F Bohatirchuk, 1931  (A53) Old Indian, 44 moves, 0-1 The knights of Navara Navara vs Grigoriants, 2009  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 78 moves, 1-0 An amazing trap from Taimanov Karpov vs Taimanov, 1977  (B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1 Smyslov vs P Cramling, 1996  (A05) Reti Opening, 103 moves, 1-0 Chess for Tigers S Webb vs Reshevsky, 1973  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 77 moves, 1-0 Reshevsky not paying attention. Reshevsky vs Geller, 1953  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 ...f3 was a mistake, but a subtle one - it might even have been Nakamura vs Nisipeanu, 2011  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 78 moves, 1-0 Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 Nineth time is the charm Beliavsky vs L Christiansen, 1987  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2 Garry's comments on this game were unprintable. Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2 Self-proclaimed Swindle of the Century Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2 Avoiding a trap (52...Rf1+) S Agdestein vs Nunn, 1985  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2 Trap in French Indian H Fabian vs J Fichtl, 1963  (C16) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 0-1 9... Of the finest of ambushes Rossolimo vs C Kottnauer, 1948  (B30) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0 Blind to a stalemate swindle Schlechter vs H Wolf, 1906  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2 'Log Tables' game. Pachman vs Z Doda, 1965  (A57) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 1-0 62 games