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This trap is the Elephant Trap.
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Crazy Queen's Gambit Declined and Secret Preparation Revealed
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This is known as the Elephant Trap.
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In most cases White doesn't want to play c5 in such positions because it takes the pressure of the black center. Yes, it cramps the black queen side a bit but it allows Black to play e5 at some point and break the center instead, freeing their c8 bishop and more. With the white pawn on c4 that is more difficult, sometimes d5 may just be hanging after e5 and ...
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