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 Blackburne Schilling GambitI went on gameknot's openings and found it , just as a matter of interest has anyone else used it or do any players have any experience of "finding" moves themselves ? I don't purposely use the data base or chess openings when in say a tournament , i prepare to try and "read" my opponent , I'm sure people on this site have some interesting stories though which they may like to share ? |
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gameknot.com The following is from an article by Bill Wall: www.webcitation.org The name seems to have caught on because Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841-1924), Mr. Black Death, would play any amateur for one shilling (G. Chandler likes to call it the 5 pence metric trap) and he would usually play this opening and win. The trap wouldn't work for masters, but it was a source of income for Blackburne against amateurs unfamiliar with the trap. But did Blackburne really play this? There are no games of his with this trap. The name seems to first appear in the 2nd edition of The Oxford Companion to Chess by Hooper and Whyld, page 43, published in 1992. |
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pulern 09-Jul-12, 05:31 |
Blackburne´s Shilling Gambit |
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