13 Oct 09
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I've got an Elephant for you - OTB it's just as good as the Latvian.
A lovely annoying opening for the White to player booked up to the
eye lids with the Lopez or the Scotch to face.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!?
Here is a wonderful game by Guifeld - Heur, USSR 1962.
In the game Black played 27...c6 and resigned after 28.Qe5+
The Russian year book gives the instructive continuation that
Gufeld had planned. He saw the 33rd move when he played 26.Qa5.
I'll give the Gufeld line, it's very clever.
13 Oct 09
Originally posted by greenpawn34So Black played a crazy gambit, the Elephant... and lost. Good example 😉
I've got an Elephant for you - OTB it's just as good as the Latvian.
A lovely annoying opening for the White to player booked up to the
eye lids with the Lopez or the Scotch to face.
[b] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!?
[fen]rnbqkbnr/ppp2ppp/8/3pp3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq d6 0 3[/fen]
Here is a wonderful game by Guifeld - Heur, USSR 1962.
I ...[text shortened]... 8. Bd2 Qg1+ 29. Kb2 Qd4+ 30. Bc3 Qb6+ 31. Qxb6 cxb6 32. Be5+ Kc8 33. Bb5[/pgn][/b]
14 Oct 09
Originally posted by heinzkatHe asked for unorthodox gambits.
So Black played a crazy gambit, the Elephant... and lost. Good example 😉
He did not specify if they had to be win or not.
But OK just for you, an Elephant Black win.
This is actually rather good and better than the previous game.
14 Oct 09
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Originally posted by National Master DaleI did say that it was unsound. Dubious may be a better word. But, definitely something I wouldn't be playing for the world championship. Although I wouldn't be playing anything for the world championship so I might as well have fun. And I did have fun trying to see if I accidentally refuted the caro kann in addition to learning a lot about attacking and defending.
I just tried it out and it worked my very first time trying it.
Although a lot of luck was required.🙂
Another one of the nice things is that refusing the gambit (It actually took me a while to realize that black doesn't have to take the pawn. one of my patzer epiphanies) can actually be more dangerous(especially if black is optimistic about his position) for black.