Elephant Gambit Led To A Wild Attack!

May 30, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Karoly Zambelly vs Geza Maroczy
corr (1897) (correspondence)
Elephant Gambit: Maroczy Gambit (C40)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Bd6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Ba4 e4
7.dxc6 O-O 8.Nd4 bxc6 9.Nxc6 Qb6 10.Nxb8 Rxb8 11.Bb5 Rd8
12.O-O Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kg3 Qc7+ 15.f4 exf3+ 16.Kxf3 Rd4
17.d3 Bb7+ 18.Ne4 Bxe4+ 19.Kxg4 Qh2 20.dxe4 Qxg2+ 21.Kh4 Rxb5
22.Qxd4 Rh5+ 23.Kxh5 Qh3+ 24.Kg5 h6+ 25.Kf4 g5+ 26.Ke5 Qe6#
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