Elephant Gambit
September 17, 2018Yesterday a friend was demonstrating how to mess with your opponent,
so after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
he played 2...d5
.
I’ve definitely seen the position before and probably even figured out the correct move at one point, but over the board yesterday I couldn’t remember what worked for me in the past.
My opponent was a friend who plays casually, but sitting next to him,
coaching and commenting, was the recent winner (of his division) in a
national championship. I’d watched my less experienced friend eagerly
capture pawns with his queen in previous openings, so I went for
e4xd5
in hope of Scandinavian like moves where I get to develop
while chasing his queen. Instead, he was coached to play e4
and
proceeded to chase my knight around while developing his pieces.
I had hoped I could use my opponent’s weak habits to trick him into giving me a better position, without the intervention of the co-opponent. Instead, I learned once again not to play hope chess.
Tags: chess