Even if you learn opening traps and unsound gambits, they will not work against better players. For this reason, it is better to learn to safely navigate openings against anyone. We don't need to memorize deep variations and sidelines of an opening repertoire like titled players do, but we need something simple, yet effective enough to avoid most traps ourselves...
For this, utilizing "chess opening principles" is ideal! Even grandmasters usually follow these principles, so why shouldn't we too?
https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/opening-principles-again
Using opening principles will NOT make you immune to all opening traps and tricks, but it will safely protect you against almost all of them. The few which might snag you, then you simply remember those few lines when they come up so you don't fall for it next time; this is way easier than memorizing every line you could think of from scratch. Opening principles will indirectly help you avoid probably 90% of all opening tricks your opponent could play for.
Sometimes opening principles will enter deep mainlines without you knowing it, but other times it will get you just into the middlegame safely. Our goal as a sub-1500 player (as most players are sub-1500 on chess.com anyway) is not to play the computer or theory-best variations top grandmasters are using today; the goal is to safely navigate out of the opening stage and get a playable middlegame where we have a decent position - chess opening principles is perfect for that
Hi, I would like to know any good openings/traps for me, a 600 rated blitz player. I'm not very good with openings, falling into gambits, but I normally succeed in middle/endgame.