Thanks for the annotations Boogaloo, I learn a lot from you. Why did you calll it a "miniture" elephant gambit?
Elephant Gambit miniature
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Weird. It must be deja vu but i feel like i've seen this post before and responded to it. Either way, i have one question for you boog, and i ask this only because when i use the KGA bishop's gambit i usually have to do something like this: 4 Bb5+ you say is a pain for black to meet. Certainly the way you met it in game works, what happens if black tries Kf8. In the KGA bishop's i usually have to bump the king over to f1 (qh4+) and afterwards, any tension white had is cut, and pieces are usually off sides for no reason. Just a question for you. Talk about an interesting position.
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Weird. It must be deja vu but i feel like i've seen this post before and responded to it. Either way, i have one question for you boog, and i ask this only because when i use the KGA bishop's gambit i usually have to do something like this: 4 Bb5+ you say is a pain for black to meet. Certainly the way you met it in game works, what happens if black tries Kf8. In the KGA bishop's i usually have to bump the king over to f1 (qh4+) and afterwards, any tension white had is cut, and pieces are usually off sides for no reason. Just a question for you. Talk about an interesting position.
Moving the King would keep you from castling. You could do it but the Rook is very useful in protecting the e pawn after it is pushed forward. Or to protect the f pawn in the full IM Rogers setup (which I did not fully complete). It looks something like this:
-Boog
Quick Elephant Gambit game I finished recently. Annotations by me and Robbolito. Analysis by Robbolito and Rybka.