This opening sequence usually indicates that Black intends to play the Cambridge Springs Defense with 5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 Qa5, but it can also lead to the Orthodox Defense if Black plays ...Be7. (The Cambridge Springs had not yet been invented at the time of the Mayet–Harrwitz game.) Black has set a trap; if White tries to win a pawn by ...
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May 04, 2024
queen, gambit, declined, elephant, trap, elephant, trap, redirects, here, stockade, traps, used, historically, capture, elephants, india, khedda, chess, elephant, trap, faulty, attempt, white, pawn, popular, variation, queen, gambit, declined, earliest, record. Elephant Trap redirects here For stockade traps used historically to capture elephants in India see Khedda 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 Contents 1 The trap 2 See also 3 References 4 BibliographyThis article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves The trap edit1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5 Nbd7 This opening sequence usually indicates that Black intends to play the Cambridge Springs Defense with 5 Nf3 c6 6 e3 Qa5 but it can also lead to the Orthodox Defense if Black plays Be7 The Cambridge Springs had not yet been invented at the time of the Mayet Harrwitz game Black has set a trap if White tries to win a pawn by abcdefgh8 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 877665544332211abcdefghPosition after 6 Nxd5 abcdefgh8 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 877665544332211abcdefghPosition after 7 Bb4 5 cxd5 exd5 6 Nxd5 first diagram White thinks that because the black knight on f6 is pinned to the queen it cannot be moved 6 Nxd5 7 Bxd8 Bb4 second diagram Black regains the queen as White has only one legal move to get out of check 8 Qd2 Bxd2 Harrwitz played the equally good 8 Kxd8 intending 9 Bxd2 9 Kxd2 Kxd8 Black comes out a minor piece ahead See also editLegal TrapReferences edit K Mayet vs D Harrwitz Berlin 1848 Chessgames comBibliography editBarden Leonard 1987 Play Better Chess Revised Edition Treasure Press p 24 ISBN 978 1850512318 nbsp Look up elephant trap in Wiktionary the free dictionary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Queen 27s Gambit Declined Elephant Trap amp oldid 1204627027, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
