Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Elephant Gambit (Queen's Pawn Counter-gambit) - C40

Elephant Gambit Chess Resources


The Elephant Gambit (also called the Queen's Pawn Countergambit or Englund Counterattack) 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5!?


Elephant Gambit Chess Articles

The Ultimate Elephant Gambit Opening Guide for Attacking Players - Chessable Blog Guide

Elephant Gambit | The Refutation - Chessmood Article by GM Avetik Grigoryan (Pretty In-depth)
Elephant Gambit | The Refutation - Lichess Blog Post

Elephant Gambit LiChess Studies

The Elephant Gambit - Pretty basic 4 Chapter Study (Top of Page)
Elephant Gambit | Wasp Variation - 18 Chapter Interactive Study

Elephant Gambit - (Queen Pawn Counter Gambit) - 12 Chapter Study


Tactics and Puzzles

Lichess Elephant Gambit Tactics  - 2693 Tactics (Under LiChess Opening Tactics)

King's Knight Opening (ECO C40) - 25 Puzzles - WTHarvey.com


Online Databases

365Chess.com

C40: QP counter-gambit (elephant gambit) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 - 1075 Games


Chessgames.com

98_C40_Elephant Gambit - 42 Games
Elephant Gambit 3.d4 black wins - 3 Games
Elephant Gambit Miniatures - 7 Games


ChessTempo.com

Elephant Gambit, General (C40) - 1600 games



Elephant Gambit Video Lessons

Watch Out for The Elephant Gambit! | Chess Openings Explained - 57 Min - St. Louis Chess Club
Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 | Elephant Gambit - GM Yasser Seirawan - 49 Min - St.Louis Chess Club
The Elephant Gambit | Queen's Pawn Countergambit | Chess Openings | Gambits | IM Andrey Ostrovskiy - 14 Min

Chess For Beginners: The Mighty Elephant Gambit for Black!! Part 1 - 25 Min - IM Miodrag Perunovic
Chess For Beginners: The Mighty Elephant Gambit for Black!! Part 2 - 25 min - Im Miodrag perunovic


Tricky Elephant Gambit Repertoire - 6 Video playlist- GJ_Chess

Wasp Variation

Surprisingly Tricky, Extremely Fun - The Wasp Variation of the Elephant Gambit! - 12 Min - NM Nelson Lopez

Johnathan Schrantz

Win with the MOST COMMON Elephant Gambit Trap - 7 Min
Trick Everyone with the ELEPHANT GAMBIT - 13 Min
Scare Everyone with the ELEPHANT GAMBIT - 19 Min
I Tried Playing the ELEPHANT GAMBIT in Rapid Chess - 19 Min
Beating an IM in 9 Moves with the ELEPHANT GAMBIT - 2 Min
Holy Gambit Grail #10: Elephant Gambit - 13 Min
Always Accept this Gambit - 12 Min
Can a GRANDMASTER Refute My Elephant Gambit? - 9 Min
This Opening is an INFINITE RATING GLITCH - 8 Min

Refuting the Elephant Gambit Videos

Destroy The Elephant Gambit in Two Easy Ways!! - 8 Min - IM Miodrag Perunovic
Elephant Gambit | The Refutation - Daily Lesson with a Grandmaster #75 - 30 Min - Chess Mood
The Elephant Gambit (And how to beat it every time.) - 16 Min - Hanging Pawns

Elephant Gambit Game Videos (w/Analysis)

The Elephant Gambit - 31 Video Playlist - Kingscrusher

Learn the Elephant Gambit Under the Trunk of a Grandmaster - 58 Min - GM Nakamura 
An Amazing Elephant Gambit Miniature | Max Lange vs Richard Schurig: Berlin 1855 - 3 Min
Elephant Gambit: Masseg vs Freidl - Austria 1987 - 3 Min



Watercolor Abstract Elephant in the style of Zentangle


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