Английская Википедия:Irish Gambit
The Irish Gambit,[1] Chicago Gambit,[2] or Razzle Dazzle Gambit is a weak chess opening that begins:
intending 3...Nxe5 4.d4. Шаблон:AN chess
Discussion
White's pawns occupy the Шаблон:Chessgloss, but the sacrifice of a knight for a pawn is a very high price to pay. The gambit is accordingly considered unsound, and is almost never seen in high-level play. It is often referred to as the Chicago Gambit,[2] perhaps because Harold Meyer Phillips, remarkably, used it in an 1899 game in a simultaneous exhibition in Chicago to beat Harry Nelson Pillsbury, one of the strongest players in the world at the time.[3]
An apocryphal tale is told of the anonymous inventor of the gambit. On his deathbed, when asked what subtle idea lay behind the gambit, his last words were reportedly: "I hadn't seen the king's pawn was defended."[1]
A similar line is the Halloween Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5Шаблон:Chesspunc It is also considered dubious, but is sounder than the Irish Gambit, because White can gain Шаблон:Chessgloss by chasing both of Black's knights while occupying the center. White has won a number of short games with the Halloween Gambit.
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