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Elephant Trap
In the Queen's Gambit Declined, White seems to win a pawn on d5 because Black's knight is pinned. If White takes, the pin turns out to be false: Black wins a piece with ...Nxd5 and ...Bb4+.
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How the trap goes
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxd8 Bb4+ 8.Qd2 Bxd2+ 9.Kxd2 Kxd8
More lines
Elephant Trap, 5.Nxd5
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nxd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd8 Bb4+
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All 2 lines in this trap
- Elephant Trap
- Elephant Trap, 5.Nxd5