Traps, Tricks & Mistakes: More on Orangutan

Back to the trap in the Orangutan appeared in “this previous post”, after moves: 1.b4 c6 I mentioned that 1…c4 is a preferable answer.

In today’s game, White plays according to that convenient move and goes himself for traps. Nevertheless, the unpleasant surprise is that he falls victim of his own trap.

Black saw farther than White and understood that his opponent’s trap was actually a bluff.

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