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Home » Chess Strategy » Chess Openings » Halosar Trap: Quickly Win Games With This Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Variation

Halosar Trap: Quickly Win Games With This Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Variation

Editorial Staff by Editorial Staff
August 16, 2021 - Updated on May 14, 2022
in Chess Openings, Chess Strategy

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Qxd4 6. Be3 Qb4 7. O-O-O Bg4

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Main Line of the Halosar Trap

Last Updated: May 14th, 2022

Added a link to the updated Chess profile of Hermann Halosar in the first paragraph.

Named after Hermann Halosar, The Halosar Trap is a variation of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, turned Ryder Gambit, in the Blackmar-Diemer opening played with the White pieces.

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Example #1

This example is from a game in 1934 between Emil Joseph Diemer and the man who the Halosar Trap is named after, Hermann Halosar.

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I hope this guide on the Halosar Trap helped you.

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