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The Muzio Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0
The Muzio Gambit was quite popular during the 18th and 19th century, although it was most often employed as a tool of strong players against weaker ones.For an overview of s... | Read More
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In the King's Gambit (after 1.e4 e5 2.f4) there are many ways to decline the free pawn. Some are:The Classical variation: 2...Bc5Norwalde Variation 2...Qf6Panteldakis Counter Gambit 2...f5Nimzowitsch Counter Gambit 2...d5 3 exd5 c6Adel... | Read More
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The Vienna Chess Tournament of 1898 ran from May 31 to July 25. Tarrasch and Pillsbury ended with a tied score of 27½ - 8½. In the play-off Tarrasch defeated Pillsbury 2½ - 1½. The final game was a draw, after which the two men... | Read More
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— from "The Chess Players' Compendium: A Practical Guide to the Openings" By William Cook in 1907
The King's Gambit:
"This opening gives birth to the most ingenious and complicated combinations that can arise in Chess." (Carl Jaenis... | Read More
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The King's Gambit has been declined at least as far back as Greco in the early 17th century. In fact, the "Oxford Companion to Chess" (OCC) claims that Polerio introduced the moves later called the Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4... | Read More
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STEINITZ'S GREAT MEMORY
He Wins Three out of Four Games of Chess Blindfolded.
The rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club were crowded last evening with lovers of chess. They had assembled to see Steinitz, the Austrian champion, play, blin... | Read More
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Many openings go by various names. The opening(s) we'll be looking at in this presentation not only go by many names, the situation, like gambits themselves, gets very messy, muddy and uncertain very quickly.
The title of this ... | Read More
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The Cunningham Defense in the King's Gambit Accepted begins 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7. White moves the Bishop to give his King a place to go with 4. Bc4. If Black continues with the threatened 4... Bh4+ and White replies with 5.... | Read More
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Below are 12 beautiful combinations from games by various players throughout time. I've incorporated the entire games but displayed them from the point where the combination seems to originate.
Game 1The first game is between the Kiev champi... | Read More
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Here's a rather long and involved posting on the Cunningham that I had created for another forum a while back and which I'm reposting now for anyone who might be interested in such things:
When I first started playing the King's Gambi... | Read More