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epicNeev_1234

The Tennison Gambit is a chess opening in which White gambits a pawn. The opening moves begin with either the Réti Opening:

1. Nf3 /d5
2. e4

The first person to significantly research this opening was chess amateur Otto Mandrup Tennison (1834–1909). Tennison was born in Denmark, studied in Germany and moved to the United States in 1854. There he played in the chess clubs of New Orleans. Many strong players picked up the idea from the first half of the 20th century. 

The other name of the Tennison Gambit is the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Ok so lets see how does it exactly work


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King's pawn to e4 and black responds with d5 which is the Scandinavian Defence. It is only possible with this opening. We will not care about that pawn and play nf3. Being greedy, black will take that pawn as it is unprotected and also attack horse. We will play our knight to f5, saving the piece and attacking the pawn.  To defend the hanging pawn the very natural move black will think is to develop its knight and protect the pawn. Black plays knight to f6.  Now we will have to Gambit another pawn so we take our queens pawn to d3. Black will take the pawn because his pawn is under attack.  No we will develop our bishop to d3. Now you have essentially won the game. Black plays pawn to h6 attacking the knight. What we will do is that we will attack the f7 square with the knight forking the queen and rook. Black has no option but to play the king to f7 killing the knight and protecting the queen and rook. Now we will bring the bishop to g6 which gives a check and attacks the entire corridor. Black cannot retreat its king and has the only option to kill the bishop which leaves the queen in an exposed position. 

Done. Blacks game is over. 

WE CAN LAUNCH AN RT-2PM2 <<TOPOL-M>>CODE LAUNCH THREE-STAGE SOLID-PROPELLANT SILO-BASED INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE TO ATTACK BLACKS REMAINING PIECES. 

BUT IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER YOU CAN LAUNCH A BGM-71 TOW ANTI-TANK MISSILE LAUNCHED FROM AN M-3 BRADLEY CAVALRY FIGHTING VEHICLE TRACKED ARMOURED RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE. 

NOW MANEUVER CAREFULLY AS OUR ATGM IS IS GOING THROUGH THE BOARD. 

SO, IT BASICALLY MEANS AFTER KING TAKES BISHOP OUR QUEEN TAKES THEIR QUEEN. 

 

HOW CAN BLACK MAKE A COMEBACK?

After the queen takes queen we dont need to care about our bishop on c8 we will simply move our kings pawn up 2 squares or 1 square. White being greedy will take the c8 bishop so now will take our bishop to b4 giving a check. It is a discovered attack. The king after he protects himself we can kill the queen with our rook having a very big material advantage.

It would be like this:

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epicNeev_1234

Thanks

 

sndeww

You just copied the transcript from Bosnian ape society’s video 

Laskersnephew

3...Bf5 and 3...e5 are much better  moves for Black, and the reason good players avoid the Tennison Gambit

HI_I_BEGINNER

Ok that is the first easy to learn and actually usefull opening ive seen

RalseiDeltarune

The intercontinental ballistic missile gambit is the best opening now all thats left is to figure out how that funny horsey moves.

tygxc

3...Bf5 is better indeed. Example:



Ethan_Brollier

The Breyer Caro-Kann is a much improved version of this opening.

Plus it has the added benefit of Half-Accepted being viable. If they take on e4 but not on d3 you can play Nc3 Ngxe4 and be totally fine with decent development.

theRonster456

    This can also transpose from a Scandinavian (1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 dxe4 3.Ng5). But in that case, I don't know why anybody would want to play that line as simply 2.exd5 is white's best reply.

BlueNinjaLegoFan

I am going to try it in a match and see 

BlueNinjaLegoFan

didnt get it to work tried 3x and no one did the right moves to setup

Mikkaquin

A random game I played against myself.

Ilampozhil25
epicNeev_1234 wrote:

The Tennison Gambit is a chess opening in which White gambits a pawn. The opening moves begin with either the Réti Opening:

1. Nf3 /d5
2. e4

The first person to significantly research this opening was chess amateur Otto Mandrup Tennison (1834–1909). Tennison was born in Denmark, studied in Germany and moved to the United States in 1854. There he played in the chess clubs of New Orleans. Many strong players picked up the idea from the first half of the 20th century. 

The other name of the Tennison Gambit is the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.

no, the icbm is a variation of the tennison gambit

Ok so lets see how does it exactly work

 


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King's pawn to e4 and black responds with d5 which is the Scandinavian Defence. It is only possible with this opening. We will not care about that pawn and play nf3. Being greedy,

this is not called being greedy, its called playing a good move

black will take that pawn as it is unprotected and also attack horse. We will play our knight to g5, saving the piece and attacking the pawn.  To defend the hanging pawn the very natural move black will think is to develop its knight and protect the pawn. Black plays knight to f6.  Now we will have to Gambit another pawn so we take our queens pawn to d3. Black will take the pawn because his pawn is under attack.  No we will develop our bishop to d3. Now you have essentially won the game.

no? black is just up a pawn and literally any move other than h6?(mistake annotation) will be better for black

Black plays pawn to h6 attacking the knight. What we will do is that we will attack the f7 square with the knight forking the queen and rook.

Black has no option but to play the king to f7 killing the knight and protecting the queen

it literally unprotects the queen

and rook. Now we will bring the bishop to g6 which gives a check and attacks the entire corridor. Black cannot retreat its king and has the only option to kill the bishop which leaves the queen in an exposed position. 

keeping the queen in an exposed position doesnt mean black is over

taking it means black is over

Done. Blacks game is over. 

 

 

HOW CAN BLACK MAKE A COMEBACK?

After the queen takes queen we dont need to care about our bishop on c8 we will simply move our kings pawn up 2 squares or 1 square.

White being greedy

good, this is what greedy means

greedy means that you take a piece and thus lose

will take the c8 bishop so now will take our bishop to b4 giving a check. It is a discovered attack. The king after he protects himself we can kill the queen with our rook having a very big material advantage.

It would be like this:

 

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pieces dont kill other pieces, btw

Mikkaquin

How to block

 

jimlargon

Thanks for sharing!

pavelsioui

What if they don't take on e4?

Mikkaquin
pavelsioui wrote:

What if they don't take on e4?

They have to otherwise the gambit doesn't work.

Crunchwald_The_Fourth

Variation on the gambit I just invented here: (Continental Ballistic Missile Gambit)

... and white is winning easily.

Crunchwald_The_Fourth

If they take hxg6 on move 7, then you can just take the rook or check with the queen by taking Qxg6+.

SamuelAjedrez95
Crunchwald_The_Fourth wrote:

Variation on the gambit I just invented here: (Continental Ballistic Missile Gambit)

... and white is winning easily.

There has to be some mate after 9. Be6+ Kc6, if you start with 10. Qf3+. After 10. Nf7 Qe8, it's definitely forced mate.

Either way the Tennison Gambit is essentially refuted after 3. Ng5 Bf5.