1. e4
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    01 Mar '23 10:07

    A wander through a Bishop Maze. The Knight Triangle (Part II)
    Back to Bishop and Kings all with RHP games as examples.

    Blog Post 547
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    02 Mar '23 17:30
    I love the Knight Triangle- though I have heard it called the elastic band, as the knight pings back. I have played it several times here. It is common in the advance variation of French, though you only get a pawn (though it is the advanced one!). This simple version has appeared 352 times on RHP, though only 241 responded with ...Nxe5!


    ...and once in a QGA Game 7351536
    Don't remember getting a whole knight out of the tactic though.
  3. e4
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    05 Mar '23 07:14
    Hi raiox

    The term 'Elastic Knight' came up in the thread that went with that 2015 blog.

    Thread 163666

    I'm still having trouble knowing that blog was posted in 2015.
    I'd have put money on it being just a couple of years old.
    Just before the turn of the year I was showing a wee lad a Knight perpetual.


    (though the game in the blog was with Black giving the perpetual.

    I mentioned it was a 'what could have happened' in a blog a few years back.
    It was seven years back!
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    05 Mar '23 16:41
    Looks like I had nothing original to say....story of my life 😞
  5. e4
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    06 Mar '23 07:41
    Hi raiox,

    "Looks like I had nothing original to say..."

    It was a good post, a catch up. New people here who joined during the pandemic
    would have missed it the first time around. Someone who saw it will either use it
    or avoid it. Consider it your good deed for the week.
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    08 Mar '23 18:55
    @greenpawn34 said
    The term 'Elastic Knight' came up in the thread that went with that 2015 blog.
    I'm still having trouble knowing that blog was posted in 2015.
    I'd have put money on it being just a couple of years old.
    2015 is a couple of years old.

    One of the most popular openings is the Ruy Lopez. Señor de Segura lived during the 16th century. The guys at my club are bringing the Tarrasch back into fashion, at least locally. The bloke died in 1934.

    We're playing chess, not 2023 Card Stud or Ticket to Ride: Elizabeth Line. We're the civilised ones. Eight years is nothing.
  7. e4
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    09 Mar '23 08:532 edits
    Hi Shallow-Blue,

    I was just wondering why that one was so fresh in my mind.
    When I do a WORD search though them all (410) to make sure I've not used a
    game before or I am not by accident picking on someone by just showing their losses
    I often see stuff I had forgotten all about.. In this case I was sure it was more recent than 8 years ago.
    Maybe time passes quicker when you get older. I don't know, I've never been older before.
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