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Wasabi_Kid

Could 3 across be countergambit?

mattattack99

I looked up Calabrese. It's a type of broccoli

Crazychessplaya
rooperi wrote:

10 accross is kibbitzing


 It's "annotation" - I am posting answers in right above the puzzle in the opening post.

Crazychessplaya
Wasabi_Kid wrote:

Could 3 across be countergambit?


 YES!

YuvalW

well I've found calabarese cheese, chicken, beoccoli, band, an a countergambit.. but nothing that can fit to the answer

Crazychessplaya
Boring304 wrote:

well I've found calabarese cheese, chicken, beoccoli, band, an a countergambit.. but nothing that can fit to the answer


 The info on the "Calabrese countergambit" should offer clues...

YuvalW

Ohh - Greco calabarese

rooperi

7 Down is Greco

rooperi

You beat me by seconds, lol

Crazychessplaya

Greco is right!

YuvalW

yeah.. i just found this:

http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/greco-gioacchino-joachino

mattattack99

Is 4 down brilliance?

Crazychessplaya
mattattack99 wrote:

Is 4 down brilliance?


 4 down is a person, begins with "R."

YuvalW

but today almost any super grandmaster is an endgame virtuoso

mattattack99

4 down is Richard Reti!

mattattack99

Never mind...

Crazychessplaya
Boring304 wrote:

but today almost any super grandmaster is an endgame virtuoso


 This is a historical figure, early 20th century.

YuvalW

9. can it be blockade

Crazychessplaya

4 down is surname only, a long one...

mattattack99

4 down is Capablanca!!