Exhilarating Elephant Gambit

by Jakob Aabling-Thomsen, Michael Agermose Jensen

Overview

The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit offers a complete repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!?, based on 3.exd5 Bd6 or 3.Nxe5 Bd6 4.d4 dxe4. Perhaps the boldest opening in all of chess theory, the Elephant sees Black sacrifice a pawn to obtain quick and active development, with most of his pieces pointing menacingly towards the enemy kingside.

Attacking and other tactical resources abound, with a future ...e4-e3 advance often mauling White's position like an Elephant's tusk. With original analysis of all variations and improvements against all published “refutations”, this book contains everything you need to shock, surprise and stampede your opponents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784830625
Publisher:	Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date:	02/07/2021
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jakob Aabling-Thomsen is a Danish international master and Elephant Gambit expert who is known for his attacking and uncompromising chess style.

Michael Agermose Jensen is an experienced tournament competitor who has been playing and studying the Elephant Gambit since 1997. He is the author of numerous physics and mathematics books. This is his first chess book.

Table of Contents

Key to Symbols used 4

Bibliography 5

Preface 6

Foreword 8

My Elephant Experiences by IM Andrew Greet 11

Why Play the Elephant Gambit? 15

Part I 3.xe5 29

1 Trick or Treat 33

2 Knights of the Endgame 73

3 Two Bishops or not Two Bishops? 95

4 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 131

Part II 3.exd5 d6 155

5 Hebden Gambit Accepted 159

6 Hebden Gambit Avoided 199

7 Tusk versus Tusk 227

8 The Waiting Game 263

9 Bishop Moves 293

10 The Correspondence Conundrum 303

11 Check - It might be Mate 333

12 The Dutch Elephant 353

13 Transpositions, transpositions 371

14 4th Move Alternatives 391

Part III 3rd Move Alternatives

15 Getting Out of the Zoo 399