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Pandora's Box is Opened

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The Greek myth of Pandora's Box is a famous one. Here is a short summarization:

Prometheus, against the will of the gods, gave fire to mankind. And Zeus, king of the gods, punished him.

He gave a box to Epimethius, the brother of Prometheus, with instructions not to open it. Filled with curiousity, Epimethius's wife, Pandora, opened the box and released the world's evils.

In chess, we also have a "Pandora's Box". We call it the Greek Gift. It occurs when one sacrifices a bishop on h7/h2 to bring the opposing king out, and then unleashing your evil forces for a king hunt.

In the game I wanted to show today, black unwisely positioned hs forces away from the kingside, allowing white a typical greek gift:



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