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by Oliver Reeh
11/2/2024 – From the diagram position, the passed pawn d5 will eventually become the hero, but first White has to do something about his attacked queen d2. Your ingenuity is required!

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Topics: ChessBase Magazine, tactic column, Tactics
Oliver Reeh has been working for ChessBase for many years as a translator and presenter of the internet show TV ChessBase, and he also looks after the tactics column in ChessBase Magazine, for which he has also been responsible as editor-in-chief since 2019. The International Master has contributed to the CB "MasterClass" series and is the author of the DVDs "Strike like the World Champions" and "Master Class Tactics - Train your combination skills!" Volumes 1 & 2. Oliver Reeh lives in Hamburg.
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60m English The Elephant Gambit

The Elephant Gambit (1.e4.e5 2.Nf3 d5!?) has never really been given the attention it deserves. It is a very useful surprise weapon. Let us list the advantages of playing this particular opening: 1) Shock value 2) It is very aggressive. Black can take over the initiative early. 3) Many tricky lines 4) Unorthodox. Black is basically taking the game to the opponent as early as move two. Not many openings do that! It's a perfect opening for young players and club players to adopt. Let Andrew Martin select a repertoire for you on this 60 mins, which, if used with discretion, will rack up the points. I am sure that you will enjoy this unusual tour of the Elephant Gambit.

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Frits Fritschy Frits Fritschy 11/2/2024 03:39
Black could have put up nore of a fight with 29... g5 30.Rxb7 Rde8 31.Qf2 gxh4 32.Qxh4 Re5, with about a +1 evaluation. White has a pawn, black has an e-file (and opposite colored bishops).
PJOD PJOD 11/2/2024 12:30
Thanks tip4success. My point was they had posted the game from last week's puzzle in the article rather than the one relating to the puzzle diagram. This has now been corrected.
tip4success tip4success 11/2/2024 12:01
@PJOD Here's the FEN diagram you can import to your favorite software:
PJOD PJOD 11/2/2024 09:54
Wrong game posted in the article?
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