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stafford gambit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
stafford gam-bit
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chess opening deriving from the Petrov Defence (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6) after which black gives up its king's pawn and plays the queen's knight to the C file (3. Nxe5 Nc6), especially when followed by (4. Nxc6 dxc6).

Etymology

Named after Joseph C. Stafford who famously won a correspondence game with this opening in 1950.

Inflected Forms

Stafford gambits (plural)

Questions

What does stafford gambit mean?
A chess opening deriving from the Petrov Defence (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6) after which black gives up its king's pawn and plays the queen's knight to the C file (3. Nxe5 Nc6), especially when followed by (4. Nxc6 dxc6).
Where does stafford gambit come from?
Named after Joseph C. Stafford who famously won a correspondence game with this opening in 1950.

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