Queen's Gambit Declined
Elephant Trap
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Complete trap game Elephant Trap – Queen's Gambit Declined ChessStride opening traps · Elephant Trap · Queen's Gambit Declined · D51
Trap lesson material trap · move 6 If White snatches the pawn with 6.Nxd5??, Black wins a piece: 6...Nxd5! 7.Bxd8 Bb4+ regains the queen a knight up.
Source collection: ChessStride curated opening traps Move 0 · ply 0 of 18
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
Keyboard: ← → moves · Space play/pause About this trap Elephant Trap vs Queen's Gambit Declined, ChessStride opening traps — Elephant Trap · Queen's Gambit Declined (ECO D51). Black sets a material trap around move 6; black won.
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