In chess, the Elephant Trap is a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined.
The earliest recorded occurrence of the trap seems to be the game Karl Mayet– Daniel Harrwitz, Berlin 1848. [1]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7
Position after 6.Nxd5??
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Position after 7...Bb4+
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5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nxd5 ?? (first diagram)
6... Nxd5 ! 7. Bxd8 Bb4+ (second diagram)
8. Qd2 Bxd2+
9. Kxd2 Kxd8
In chess, the Elephant Trap is a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined.
The earliest recorded occurrence of the trap seems to be the game Karl Mayet– Daniel Harrwitz, Berlin 1848. [1]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7
Position after 6.Nxd5??
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Position after 7...Bb4+
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5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nxd5 ?? (first diagram)
6... Nxd5 ! 7. Bxd8 Bb4+ (second diagram)
8. Qd2 Bxd2+
9. Kxd2 Kxd8