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Chigorin playing Franco-Hiva Gambit

Chigorin playing Franco-Hiva Gambit

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The Franco Hiva Gambit from the French Defence is an interesting surprise against white, particularly in fast play options. Naturally white can often waste time wondering what black is playing. 
 
 
Here is another game , this time from a simul in Wakefield, England in 1892. The victim at the hands of the Hiva this time is none other than Emmanuel Lasker!

 

And to bring things into the modern era here is a game from the Gibraltar open in 2009,