The Elephant Gambit (also called the Queen's Pawn Countergambit, Englund Counterattack or Turkish Gambit) is a rarely played chess opening beginning with the moves:
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 d5?!
The Elephant Gambit is generally considered unsound, with black typically unable to gain compensation for the sacrificed pawn.
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.
The ElephantGambit (also called the Queen's Pawn Countergambit, Englund Counterattack or Turkish Gambit) is a rarely played chess opening beginning with...
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...
openings such as the ElephantGambit and Ponziani Opening). (including Grünfeld Defence but not other Indian Defenses) Queen's Gambit Accepted Declined (Slav...
23.f6+ Nxf6 24.Re1+ Ne4 25.Rxe4+ Kf6 26.Qxd7 Rfd8 27.Qg4 1–0 This ElephantGambit, won by Black against a famous grandmaster, was cited by Walter Korn...
first board in 1986, 1990, 1998, and 2000. He is known for using the ElephantGambit when playing with the black pieces, most notably in his 2006 simultaneous...
Saucer Gambit 01041 SF Larry Maddock Agent of T.E.R.R.A.#2: The Golden Goddess Gambit 01042 SF Larry Maddock Agent of T.E.R.R.A.#3: The Emerald Elephant Gambit...
Saucer Gambit 01041 SF Larry Maddock Agent of T.E.R.R.A.#2: The Golden Goddess Gambit 01042 SF Larry Maddock Agent of T.E.R.R.A.#3: The Emerald Elephant Gambit...
Saverstall (1967) G-644 SF Jack Jardine (as Larry Maddock) The Emerald ElephantGambit : Agent Of T.E.R.R.A. #3 G-645 NA Gene DeWeese and Robert Coulson (jointly...
offered material, as in the Queen's Gambit Accepted and Queen's Gambit Declined. In the case of the Queen's Gambit, the sacrifice of material is only temporary...
Bhima to kill an elephant named Ashwatthama while claiming to Drona that it was Drona's son who was killed. Ultimately, the gambit works (though the...
1966, after an invitation from Shirley MacLaine to play opposite her in Gambit. During the first two weeks, whilst staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel,...
most notable changes was the Vizir (or Firz) becoming the Queen, and the Elephant becoming the Bishop in European versions of chess. The movement patterns...
1936, Leiber finished the first Fafhrd and Gray Mouser novella, "Adept's Gambit", and began work on a second, "The Tale of the Grain Ships". At the same...
considered unsportsmanlike to decline gambits that invited tactical play such as the King's Gambit and the Evans Gambit. This chess philosophy is known as...
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