The Elephant Gambit (also called the Queen's Pawn Countergambit, Englund Counterattack or Turkish Gambit) is a rarely played chess opening beginning with...
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A gambit (from Italian gambetto, the act of tripping someone with the leg to make them fall) is a chess opening in which a player sacrifices material with...
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Latvian Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? Elephant Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 Greco Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 Damiano Defense 1.e4 e5 2.f4 King's Gambit 1.e4 e5...
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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...
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motorcycle rally in Germany Elephant Gambit, a rarely used chess opening Al-Fil ("The Elephant"), the 105th sura of the Qur'an Elephant (pharaoh), an ancient...
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all categorized in the ECO under code C40. 2...f5: Latvian Gambit 2...d5: Elephant Gambit 2...Qe7: Gunderam Defense 2...f6: Damiano Defence 2...Qf6: Greco...
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openings such as the Elephant Gambit and Ponziani Opening). (including Grünfeld Defence but not other Indian Defenses) Queen's Gambit Accepted Declined (Slav...
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Defence, Brazilian Defence, Greco Defence, Damiano Defence, Elephant Gambit, and Latvian Gambit.) C41 Philidor Defence C42 Petrov's Defence, including Marshall...
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23.f6+ Nxf6 24.Re1+ Ne4 25.Rxe4+ Kf6 26.Qxd7 Rfd8 27.Qg4 1–0 This Elephant Gambit, won by Black against a famous grandmaster, was cited by Walter Korn...
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The Queen's Gambit Declined (or QGD) is a chess opening in which Black declines a pawn offered by White in the Queen's Gambit: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 This...
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