He not only played the Velasquez gambit in his portraits, the gambit of Rembrandt in his sombre imaginative pieces, but he boldly annexed all Spain for his sinister and turbulent art.
Paulsen, Anderssen and Tchigorin devoted a lifetime to the Evans Gambit, volumes of analyses were written on it, and then Lasker revives an obsolete defence, and the Evans Gambit disappears!
One of the finest games in the Hastings tournament was played by Tchigorin against Pillsbury, and this was a "King's Gambit Declined.
I told him what I had noticed about Jim Bunion and Adam Bailey, and he agreed with me that Bill Sloggs was the man, though as to how he had come by that gambit or that variation of Stavlokratz's own opening he had no theory.
The Three Sailors' Gambit Sitting some years ago in the ancient tavern at Over, one afternoon in Spring, I was waiting, as was my custom, for something strange to happen.
Well, but you know what sort of nonsense that smug gambit heralds in letters from your kindred.
It was a little conversational flourish, a gambit in the polite game.
It was the first gambit in a conversation that was to lead up to Jenny's caricatures.
If he should try every method of answering a special attack, he would be sure to find in the end that the method laid down in the gambit was the true one.
The next day Mr. Gambit was told that Lydgate went about saying physic was of no use.
A very considerable difference between the centre gambit and the King's gambit lies in the fact that in the former acceptance is compulsory, whilst in the second it may be declined.
The treatment of the "King's Gambit accepted," which aims at holding the gambit pawn, is most difficult and leads early in the game to such complications as none but an expert can hope to master.
White can, at will, lead into a peaceful Queen's Gambit by 2.
One is to turn the opening into an ordinary Queen's gambit by playing P-K3, on which Black can play P-Q4.
BPxP KPxP the third of the typical main positions in the Queen's gambit ensues, and is given in Diagram 39.
PxQP, Black can play P-K5, as in the Falkbeer gambit mentioned just now.
For instance, a Queen's gambit may well have the following opening moves: 1.
P-K3 a Queen's gambit accepted by White, and, as pointed out before, this line of play is not commendable.
A good gambit this, and well into him from the start.
You begin to see now to what end the array is made, and understand why one Gambitdiffereth from another in glory and virtue.
One of the chief points of the Evans Gambit is that Black's Q Kt is driven to Q R 4, and has to remain there for some time inactive, so that Black is, for the time being, practically a piece minus for the defence.
A counter-gambit is where the second player sacrifices a pawn with a similar object.
P to Q 4 (best) In this variation it is not advisable to take the offered Gambit pawn, though Black might have done so if he had played 2.
Black's best defence in the King's Knight's Gambit is to play 4.
Q takes P, because White would then develop his pieces quicker, which it is the object of Black's counter-gambit to prevent.
Latterly the Centre Gambithas been somewhat neglected.
This is Black's best move, indeed the only one to retain the gambit pawn.
We now come to consider the consequences of Black's not accepting the gambit pawn at move 4.
Before taking our leave of this beautiful opening, we would again remind the young player, that it is perfectly immaterial, whether Black at move 5 captures the gambit pawn with B.
It is worth while remarking, that if he attempt to sustain thegambit pawn by P.
Major Alan Hawke had studied skillfully out his gambit for an attack upon Hugh Johnstone's vanity.
He gave them one and all a Knight, essayed the Gambit on every occasion, and not one of the young gentlemen could make a stand against him.
The wonderful Evans Gambit attack which has ever in its manifold branches continued so intensely popular, had been invented by Capt.
On the other hand, a variation in the Evans Gambit is ascribed to Zukertort, which actually occurred first in a game between Steinitz and Blackburne, played in the London Grand Tournament of 1872.
Our examination of this Gambit would be imperfect without some notice of a variation in the opening, where the first player, instead of abandoning the Knight at his 5th move, sacrifices his Bishop by taking the K.
Before proceeding to the consideration of games wherein Black refuses the gambit, it may be well to give a brief example of a different mode of carrying on the opening in the regular gambit which is at your command, and often adopted.
This gambit has many modifications, the names appropriated to which will be found in their proper places in the following pages.
The game is about even, since Black must eventually lose the gambit Pawn.
In the two defences to the King's Gambit by Salvio and Cochrane just examined, when the second player for his fourth move advances his P.
In the previousGambit you will remember Salvio advances this P.
Sure something dreadful must have happened, nor could I believe Mrs. Gambit when she assured me that this was the usual crowd of London.
When he had finished, Mrs. Gambitdropped her chin and returned to practical business.
The strangeness of the place and the noise in the streets kept me awake nearly all that night, so that, when Mrs. Gambit called me in the morning, I was still tired.
The clergyman bestowed a final benediction upon me, saying that he craved my name with a view to a closer friendship; and would have kissed me again had not Mrs. Gambit pushed him away with great roughness.
So I presently put up my handkerchief, dried my eyes, and thought of nothing but of clinging to Mrs. Gambitwhen the wheels sank deeper than usual.
When the rolling was very bad, Mrs. Gambit clutched me with one hand and her right hand neighbour with the other.
Nor could I understand why Mrs. Gambit spoke scornfully of this act of kindness, which was entirely unexpected by me.
The merchant received these professions of courage with undisguised contempt; the clergyman smiled; Mrs. Gambit nodded her head and laughed, as if he was a boy whose talk meant nothing.
Yes; Lady Gambit had engaged a celebrated mimic--a man, I mean, who can take off other people to the life.
But Nurse Farrow was not finished with this gambit yet.
Whatever kind of gambit is being played here, it is bigger than any of its parts or pieces.
If Black accepts the Gambit [Footnote: A Gambit is an opening in which the sacrifice of a Pawn is offered for the sake of a speedy development of the pieces.
The way in which White regains his Pawn in the accepted Gambit is this: (3) .
If Black could actually hold the Pawn he would be justified in accepting the Gambit unless it can be demonstrated that White's advantage in development yields a winning attack.
