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 .
3-406: The earliest recorded occurrence of the trap seems to be the game Karl Mayet – Daniel Harrwitz , Berlin 1848. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nxd5 ?? (first diagram) 6... Nxd5 ! 7. Bxd8 Bb4+ (second diagram) 8. Qd2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Kxd8 Karl Mayet Carl (Karl) Mayet (11 August 1810, Berlin – 18 May 1868, Stettin , now Szczecin)
6-650: The London 1851 chess tournament , he was knocked out in round 1 when he lost to Hugh Alexander Kennedy with two losses. In 1851, he lost a match to Adolf Anderssen in Berlin with four losses. In 1852, he lost a match to Frederick Deacon (2–5). In 1853, he took third place in the first unofficial Berlin Championship , behind Jean Dufresne and Max Lange . In 1853, he lost a match to Dufresne (+5−7). In 1855, he lost to Anderssen (+6−14=1). In 1856, he lost to T. Wiegelmann (2–4) in
9-555: Was a German chess master . He was one of the most original of the Berlin Pleiades (the seven stars of German chess). In 1839, Mayet defeated Jozsef Szen in a match with (+3−2=1). In 1845, he drew a match with Augustus Mongredien with (+3−3). In 1847, he defeated A. von der Goltz in a match (+14−9=1), but then lost a match with his cousin Wilhelm Hanstein (+5−12=1). In 1848, he lost a match to Daniel Harrwitz (+2−5=2). In
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