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Treppner: Testbook of Opening Traps Spielmaterial “While endgame theory books areIn this book, which is aimed at advanced amateurs and club players of a lower or medium level, the author (FIDE Master Gerd Treppner; 1956 2009) has compiled 120 instructive test tasks. They are presented in multiple choice with two or three suggested solutions. The detailed discussion of the tasks and their solutions follows in the book's second part. The chosen examples were selected partly from theoretical opening lines, partly from practical