English Explanatory Dictionary

Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit

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.

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