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Re: Relfsson Gambit
Reply #2 - 03/02/06 at 12:52:00
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5 is known as the Relfsson Gambit, named after the Swedish master Dr. Torsten Relfsson (1871-1944). There was a little book published on it in 1968 by Sthig Jonasson (Uppsala 1968). In the 1960s in the UK it was sometimes known as the MacLopez (work it out). Maybe this opening has more "underground" popularity than I realised, since a Google search throws up a surprisingly large number of references!  Transposition to the Spanish is sound for Black but not essential; 4...Bc5 is independent and critical.


Thanks for the info! I've even seen that little book by Jonasson at an 'Antikvariat' in town (sounds much better than '2nd hand book dealer' doesn't it?), along with other weird swedish chess literature - there was also one on 1.d4 + 2.f4 for example...

In the database I noticed a few games by Gösta Stoltz, so I suppose it can't be too bad an opening, at least as an occasional surprise...
  
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Re: Relfsson Gambit
Reply #1 - 03/02/06 at 01:35:49
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4...Bb4+ is at least as good as 4...Bc5, as after 4...Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.o-o Nge7 White would rather have the bishop on c4.
  
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Relfsson Gambit
03/01/06 at 13:51:46
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TalJechin wrote on 03/01/06 at 08:56:44:


...these early move order tricks are somewhat confusing, and I can imagine how difficult it is to cover them all in a repertoire book. One line I recently got surprised by in blitz on the net is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5 - after Nf6 and a later Nxe4 I suddenly realised I'd stumbled into an open Ruy Lopez which I know zilch about... I suppose the thing to do is 4...a6 5.Ba4 (or 5.Bxc6 perhaps?) 5...Nf6 6.0-0 Be7, or 5...Bc5 but it's a strange new world for black (...) I don't recollect the 4.Bb5 transposition being mentioned in recent books so one has to figure it out oneself...



1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5 is known as the Relfsson Gambit, named after the Swedish master Dr. Torsten Relfsson (1871-1944). There was a little book published on it in 1968 by Sthig Jonasson (Uppsala 1968). In the 1960s in the UK it was sometimes known as the MacLopez (work it out). Maybe this opening has more "underground" popularity than I realised, since a Google search throws up a surprisingly large number of references!  Transposition to the Spanish is sound for Black but not essential; 4...Bc5 is independent and critical.
  
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