Elephant Gambit

Elephant Gambit is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs e4, e5, Nf3, d5. The book has 4 lines under this name, across ECO codes C40 to C40.

4 lines in the book · ECO C40 · 5,391 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Elephant Gambit

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. e5
  3. Nf3
  4. d5

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from e7 to e5.
  3. White knight moves from g1 to f3.
  4. Black pawn moves from d7 to d5.

Variations

Maróczy Gambit1 lines · C40Paulsen Countergambit1 lines · C40Wasp Variation1 lines · C40

Named gambits and traps

3 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 3.

Puzzles from this opening

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