86.296.805 real games · September 2026
Every opening and every classic trap, with numbers from millions of real games: how often it happens, who falls for it, and how to punish it.
Not theory alone: every figure is counted from rated games between real players.
Beginners and masters make different mistakes. Every statistic is split by rating band.
Each trap has a replay board: the mistake, the punishing move and what follows.
Italian Game, Two Knights Defense
34% fall for it
Under 1200 59% 2000 and up 5%
Petrov's Defense
20% fall for it
Under 1200 42% 2000 and up 11%
Vienna Game
32% fall for it
Under 1200 48% 2000 and up 10%
Italian Game
23% fall for it
Under 1200 30% 2000 and up 15%
King's Pawn Game
5% fall for it
Under 1200 7% 2000 and up 4%
Queen's Gambit Accepted
95% fall for it
Under 1200 98% 2000 and up 86%