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The most-played opening traps, engine-verified

89 traps across 20 openings. Every entry is a genuinely frequent mistake, with the exact engine refutation and the material it loses.

Method: Stockfish screening (depth 14 then 22), refutation = best engine moves. Frequencies: real Lichess games 1400-2200+, blitz, rapid and classical. Whatever failed verification is not published.

The 12 most played

  1. Nimzowitsch DefenseNd4 ?

    11.9% of players · 739,035 games

  2. Italian GameQf6 ?

    21.5% of players · 522,259 games

  3. Queen's Gambit DeclinedBg4 ?

    39.7% of players · 488,815 games

  4. King's Gambitfxe5 ?

    5.1% of players · 360,239 games

  5. Italian GameBb5 ?

    12.8% of players · 268,202 games

  6. Italian Gameexf6 ?

    15% of players · 242,373 games

  7. Scotch GameNf6 ?

    5.6% of players · 217,205 games

  8. King's Gambitfxe5 ?

    90.3% of players · 191,076 games

  9. Italian GameKg8 ?

    6.2% of players · 151,827 games

  10. Sicilian DefenseNxe4 ?

    13.9% of players · 133,825 games

  11. Italian GameKe1 ?

    21.6% of players · 104,263 games

  12. Scotch GameBe7 ?

    15.5% of players · 94,890 games

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89 verified opening traps · OpeningMate