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Mastering the Elephant Gambit
Dive into the wild world of the Elephant Gambit, a daring chess opening that can surprise your opponents and lead to exciting tactical battles.
This post curates free resources to help you master both sides of the gambit, from articles and video lessons to annotated games. Let's trample the center and unleash your inner chess beast!
The Elephant Gambit
(also called the Queen's Pawn Countergambit or Englund Counterattack)
Elephant Gambit Chess Articles
- The Ultimate Elephant Gambit Opening Guide for Attacking Players - Chessable Blog Guide: This guide offers an overview of the Elephant Gambit, exploring its variations, key themes, and illustrative games featuring Grandmasters.
- Elephant Gambit | The Refutation - Chessmood Article by GM Avetik Grigoryan (Pretty In-depth) Dive deep into the refutation of the Elephant Gambit. This article delves into the history of the opening, explores key theoretical lines, and presents a clear approach to gaining a significant advantage against the gambit. GM Grigoryan emphasizes logical moves for easy memorization.
Elephant Gambit LiChess Studies
New to Lichess studies? These interactive tools are fantastic resources for exploring the Elephant Gambit's intricacies move-by-move. They allow you to test your understanding and solidify your knowledge:
- The Elephant Gambit - 4 Chapter Study (Top of Page): This basic 4-chapter study provides a solid introduction, showcasing a few key lines in detail.
- Elephant Gambit | Wasp Variation - 18 Chapter Interactive Study: Delve deeper with this interactive study featuring 18 chapters exploring various lines within the Wasp Variation. Test yourself with built-in exercises!
- Elephant Gambit - (Queen Pawn Counter Gambit) - 12 Chapter Study - This comprehensive 12-chapter study offers a thorough exploration of different opening variations. It dives into refutation strategies with 2 lines and even includes illustrative games by Grandmasters!
Deepen Your Chess Knowledge with LiChess Studies!
The interactive Elephant Gambit studies showcased here are just a taste of what LiChess studies offer. Take your chess learning to the next level! This page provides a comprehensive overview of what studies are, how they work, and how you can leverage them to improve your chess: Study chess, the lichess way
Tactics and Puzzles
Sharpen your tactical vision and exploit hidden opportunities in the Elephant Gambit with these resources:
LiChess Opening Tactics
- Lichess Elephant Gambit Tactics - 2693 Tactics - Test your skills against a massive database of Elephant Gambit puzzles, specifically tailored to this opening.
WTHarvey.com
- King's Knight Opening (ECO C40) - 25 Puzzles - Since the Elephant Gambit falls under the King's Knight Opening (ECO C40), these puzzles provide a broader range of tactical exercises relevant to the opening's themes.
Online Databases
Delve into a wealth of Elephant Gambit games played by chess players of various levels on these online databases:
365Chess.com
C40: QP counter-gambit (elephant gambit) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 - 1075 Games
Chessgames.com (Collections)
- 98_C40_Elephant Gambit - 42 Games
- Elephant Gambit 3.d4 black wins - 3 Games
- Elephant Gambit Miniatures - 7 Games
- Elephant Gambit Games - 43 games
ChessTempo.com
Elephant Gambit, General (C40) - 1600 games
Elephant Gambit Video Lessons
Here's a curated selection of video lessons to enhance your understanding of the Elephant Gambit, both for Black and White:
Watch Out for The Elephant Gambit! | Chess Openings Explained - 57 Min - St. Louis Chess Club - Lecture - Nick Risko teaches all about the Elephant Gambit, a rare opening starting with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!?
Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 | Elephant Gambit - GM Yasser Seirawan - 49 Min - St.Louis Chess Club - Immerse yourself in a classic Elephant Gambit game featuring the legendary Mikhail Tal, known for his aggressive and tactical style. GM Yasser Seirawan provides insightful analysis, allowing you to witness Tal's mastery firsthand.
The Elephant Gambit | Queen's Pawn Countergambit | Chess Openings | Gambits | IM Andrey Ostrovskiy - 14 Min - Opening Guide - Gain a quick overview of the Elephant Gambit's essential ideas and strategic themes
IM Miodrag Perunovic:
Learn how to wield the Elephant Gambit as Black with these beginner-friendly video lessons. Part 1 dives into the main variations, anti-Elephant Gambit strategies, and model games, while Part 2 explores various responses to the gambit and showcases illustrative games by grandmasters.- Chess For Beginners: The Mighty Elephant Gambit for Black!! Part 1 - 25 Min
- Chess For Beginners: The Mighty Elephant Gambit for Black!! Part 2 - 25 min
Tricky Elephant Gambit Repertoire - 6 Video playlist- GJ_Chess - Delve deeper with a series of videos exploring various tricky lines and strategic nuances within the Elephant Gambit repertoire, expanding your Black opening options.
Wasp Variation
Surprisingly Tricky, Extremely Fun - The Wasp Variation of the Elephant Gambit! - 12 Min - NM Nelson Lopez: Explore the exciting and dynamic possibilities of the Wasp Variation, a popular line within the Elephant Gambit.
Refuting the Elephant Gambit Videos
Destroy The Elephant Gambit in Two Easy Ways!! - 8 Min - IM Miodrag Perunovic -Discover two effective strategies to neutralize the Elephant Gambit's threat and gain an advantage as White.
Elephant Gambit | The Refutation - Daily Lesson with a Grandmaster #75 - 30 Min - Chess Mood - The Elephant Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5?!) is a very aggressive opening for Black, but White can refute it in different ways. Various refutations of the Elephant Gambit, providing a deeper understanding of how to handle it as White.
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
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
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