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Feb-04-08 | | Justawoodpusher: I might even have seen this OTB. |
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Feb-04-08 | | hot pawn: Got this in about 10 seconds. |
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Feb-04-08 | | johnlspouge: <kevin86>, I see your point. So...when the Rc8 makes its Godfather sacrifice, it is really a proqueen. Man, you are funny! |
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Feb-04-08 | | amadeus: <playground player: There's something more than usually pleasing, aethetically, about the solution to this day's puzzle. BTW, does anybody know why this opening is called the elephant?> I've read that this name (Elephant Gambit) is supposed to illustrate the role of the two bishops, which often decide how things will go in these games |
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Feb-04-08 | | general607: Mondays make me feel like I can almost play chess... |
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Feb-04-08 | | dycotiles: I've got it right, but it was rather tricky for a Monday. There is a lot of action involving the light black bishop, black's queen, etc. I can see why Reshevsky missed the mate! |
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Feb-04-08 | | Aurora: 17...Rxc3+ 18.bxc3 Ba3# is quite evident. |
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Feb-04-08 | | johnlspouge: Alright, already!!! Possibly, I am the last human on the planet to discover that this maneuver is called "Boden's mate"... |
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Feb-04-08 | | mrsaturdaypants: [I know I'm late to the game, but what the heck...]
The first thing I saw was black’s control of the b1-h7 diagonal, then that Bb1 and Qc2 would be mate. Of course that doesn’t work (Nxb1), so I looked for a way to get another piece into the action. Rxc3+ looked appealing. 18. bxc3 is forced, and Ba3# is then obvious. 17. Rxc3+
18. bxc3 Ba3#
(0:37)
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Feb-04-08 | | V Snakoto: <playground player: BTW, does anybody know why this opening is called the elephant?> In chinese chess, the bishop equivalent is called the elephant, so this may be a reference to the dynamic bishop play that usually ensues. |
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Feb-04-08 | | GannonKnight: Why don't they just give us the answer? That was pretty easy. And gotta love any opening with the term "Elephant Gambit." |
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Feb-05-08 | | patzer2: Duncan beats Reshevsky in a simultaneous exhibition with a Boden's mate after 17...Rxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ba3# to solve our "easy" Monday, Feb 4, 2008 puzzle. |
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Feb-07-08
 | | FSR: Here's the game I mentioned above: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Qe2 Nf6 5.Nc3 (Korn recommends 5.d3! Qxd5 6.Nfd2 Be7 7.Nxe4 0-0 8.Nbc3 Qa5 9.Bd2 large advantage White Keres-De Agustin, Madrid 1943) Be7 6.Nxe4 0-0 7.d3 Re8 8.Bd2 Nxd5 9.0-0-0 (a la Reshevsky) Be6 10.Kb1 Nc6 11.Nc3 Bf6 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.c4 Qd6 14.Be3 b5 15.Qc2 Nb4 16.Qc1 bxc4 17.dxc4 Qa6 18.a3 Bf5+ 19.Ka1 Qxa3# Gligoric-Holze, simultaneous exhibition, Hamburg 1970 (given, in descriptive notation, in MCO-11, footnote m on p. 93). |
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Oct-25-08 | | Silverstrike: Isn't 7.Nxc5 possible? |
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Feb-10-10 | | waustad: How often has this pattern come up in BDG games? I've seen several by Diemer himself. |
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Sep-02-10 | | whiteshark: <Gilmoy: <... When he nails a downhill run, all the slalom specialists push too hard and make mistakes.>> Somebody said that slalom is the most stupid way to get from one point to another. |
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Dec-14-11 | | master of defence: In this opening, i always play 3. Nxe5 instead of 3. exd5, why if 3...dxe4 4. Bc4 Be6 5. Bxe6 fxe6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Nxg6 Nf6 8. Qb5+  |
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Feb-27-25
 | | offramp: Hey! Samuel Reshevsky! Shalom slalom! |
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Feb-27-25
 | | OhioChessFan: Serviceable pun, nice Boden's Mate. |
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Feb-27-25 | | Teyss: Hi fredthebear,
Hilarious post of yours. Nothing beats irony to make a point. |
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Feb-27-25 | | stone free or die: Are you kidding me?
Just more political claptrap as usual.
No wonder the server was down - it was barfing. |
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Feb-27-25 | | Teyss: Hi stone free or die,
We generally don't disagree but here you're missing the point. Chess is a mind game. Ergo Chess amateurs are smart. And no smart person could seriously mean a post like this. QED. |
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Feb-27-25
 | | OhioChessFan: Answering <Silverstrike> from 17 years ago, if 7. Nxc5 Black answers Re8 and White is a little better. Whereas White was winning with the move played. |
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Feb-27-25 | | Gottschalk: Frederick Deacon
Frederick Deacon
deserves to be recognized as "the father of the Elephant gambit". Both for introducing it into masterful practice and for having played several games, developing this opening. |
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Feb-28-25 | | stone free or die: <<Teyss> Hi stone free or die,
We generally don't disagree but here you're missing the point. Chess is a mind game. Ergo Chess amateurs are smart. And no smart person could seriously mean a post like this. QED.> I'm so relieved to read this, that I don't mind so much getting hoisted up by my own petard! |
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