Best Chess Opening Tricks to Win Fast

One of the most imaginative and creative opening tricks in chess—a courageous pawn sacrifice to seize the initiative and, ideally, keep the enemy king in the center of the board. This bold strategy often leads to a devastating attack that can crush the opponent before he even gets a chance to consolidate. This was one of Alexander Alekhine's favorite tricks, and he executed it brilliantly in many of his games.

Alekhine vs Junge, Prague 1942

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc6 Rb8 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 c5 11. a4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 cxd4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nb3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Ra6 Qxa6 19. Qxc5 Qe6 20. Bc6+ Nd7 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Qa7+ Kc6 23. Bd2 Rhc8 24. e4 Qb3 25. Ra1 b4 26. Ra6+ Kb5 27. Ra5+ Kc6 28. Qc5+ Kd7 29. Ra7+ 1-0