Comments on: Noah’s Ark Trap http://chessteacher.110mb.com/2008/12/12/noahs-ark-trap/ Chess Lessons & Exercises Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:32:12 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: chimeric bliss http://chessteacher.110mb.com/2008/12/12/noahs-ark-trap/comment-page-1/#comment-3162 chimeric bliss Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:23:13 +0000 http://chessteacher.110mb.com/?p=314#comment-3162 i completely agree, its not a matter of bad moves, its the strategy. QxD4 is enabling black to trap that pawn. the best move for white there would be Bd5. it takes away blacks ability to trap and puts pressure on blacks rook and eventually his queen. i completely agree, its not a matter of bad moves, its the strategy. QxD4 is enabling black to trap that pawn. the best move for white there would be Bd5. it takes away blacks ability to trap and puts pressure on blacks rook and eventually his queen.

]]> By: Chess Teacher http://chessteacher.110mb.com/2008/12/12/noahs-ark-trap/comment-page-1/#comment-2584 Chess Teacher Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:22:09 +0000 http://chessteacher.110mb.com/?p=314#comment-2584 @ GMNightmare I agree with most of your comment, but I still shouldn't play 2.Bb5, because I think that White has better moves. I don't consider this move as a blunder after which the game will be lost. A blunder will be indicated by two question marks as you can find after the 8.Qxd4 move. I even don't consider it as a bad move (indicated by a ?) or as a dubious move (?!), but I still advice to play other moves. The main purpose of this article was to show some examples of Noah's Ark Trap in different openings. @ GMNightmare
I agree with most of your comment, but I still shouldn’t play 2.Bb5, because I think that White has better moves. I don’t consider this move as a blunder after which the game will be lost. A blunder will be indicated by two question marks as you can find after the 8.Qxd4 move. I even don’t consider it as a bad move (indicated by a ?) or as a dubious move (?!), but I still advice to play other moves.

The main purpose of this article was to show some examples of Noah’s Ark Trap in different openings.

]]> By: GMNightmare http://chessteacher.110mb.com/2008/12/12/noahs-ark-trap/comment-page-1/#comment-2582 GMNightmare Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:12:14 +0000 http://chessteacher.110mb.com/?p=314#comment-2582 I'm sorry, but your analysis as "1...c5 2.Bb5 Not a very good move." is incorrect. Just because you believe it's not, or that many play the game wrong from that point, does not make it a bad move. In fact, even 5.d4 was not a bad move. The bad move was move 8, Qxd4, and that is it. Nothing dictates that white must take back right away, playing a5 would be a valid line of play eventually leading to a resume in equal material, with white leading on development for your greed of trying to take an easy win, playing a trap, and white not falling for it. I’m sorry, but your analysis as “1…c5 2.Bb5 Not a very good move.” is incorrect. Just because you believe it’s not, or that many play the game wrong from that point, does not make it a bad move. In fact, even 5.d4 was not a bad move. The bad move was move 8, Qxd4, and that is it. Nothing dictates that white must take back right away, playing a5 would be a valid line of play eventually leading to a resume in equal material, with white leading on development for your greed of trying to take an easy win, playing a trap, and white not falling for it.

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