elephant trap

Etymology


From, alluding to the fact that a trap for an elephant needs to be quite large, and so ought to be easily seen.

Noun

 * 1) A trap which can easily be avoided by a competent person, and thus proves the incompetence of anybody trapped by it.
 * 2)  Often in the form Elephant Trap: a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, which is generally only effective against inexperienced players.
 * 1)  Often in the form Elephant Trap: a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, which is generally only effective against inexperienced players.

Translations

 * Catalan: parany de l'elefant, trampa de l'elefant
 * French: piège de l'éléphant
 * Malayalam: എലിഫന്റ് ട്രാപ്പ്
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сло̀новска за̑мка
 * Roman: slònovska zȃmka
 * Tamil: யானைப் பொறி
 * Vietnamese: bẫy elephant