The Chess Trap Scorer

A trap is a position where a player is likely to play a move that when followed by the optimal response, results in a position where the player is likely to lose.

This means that the quality of a trap can be judged by two 'scores'':

🎲 Probability
How likely is the player to play the next move in the trap sequence?
A good trap should have a high likelihood that the next move in sequence is commonly chosen.

😵 Potency
How likely is the player to lose after they have fallen into the trap?
A good trap should be deadly once your opponent has fallen into it!

We can then calculate the overall effectiveness of the trap by multiplying the probability and potency scores together.

To learn more, check out our blog post:

https://medium.com/applied-data-science/how-to-calculate-the-trappiest-openings-in-chess-2bc24a6345f7