intermediate ~10 min
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Elephant Gambit Trap

Elephant Gambit tactical trap

Lesson
Elephant Gambit Trap
Step 1/6

After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? sharp tactics on f2/f7 abound; one slip loses big. Reinforces opening principles and calculation in wild lines.

Opening: Elephant Gambit (C40)

Read the note, then continue.