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gibbins-weidenhagen gambit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gib-bin-s-wei-den-hagen gam-bit
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A chess gambit arising from the Indian Game characterized by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4.

Etymology

Named after Stanley Gibbins, an English player from Derby who played the gambit by mail in the 1960s, and Rolf Weidenhagen, a German player, from a comment in 1960 that Weidenhagen had played the gambit.

Questions

What does gibbins-weidenhagen gambit mean?
A chess gambit arising from the Indian Game characterized by the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4.
Where does gibbins-weidenhagen gambit come from?
Named after Stanley Gibbins, an English player from Derby who played the gambit by mail in the 1960s, and Rolf Weidenhagen, a German player, from a comment in 1960 that Weidenhagen had played the gambit.

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