This should make for an interesting project, as very few White Repertoire books take it seriously and as a result provide very skimpy coverage.

An exception to the above would be the following books:

Opening For White According to Anand vol.1 by Khalifman offers a good line that I have used more than once with success OTB. Although full disclosure I know longer use it.

John Shaw in Playing 1. e4: Caro-Kann, 1... e5 and Minor Lines shows it some respect, an offers an interesting Antidote. The engines like his suggestion, but I'm not fully convinced.

An Unbeatable White Repertoire after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 by Larry Evans also offers decent coverage and overall is still quite a good opening book despite its age.

Well that's it off the top of my head, feel free to add to the above list if posters think of something else.

Over and out.

Dragonslayer wrote on 04/05/18 at 15:33:07:

Good to hear about your project. Quality Chess might learn something from your careful research.

You can try this German secondhand chess shop: http://www.schachundmuenzen.de/shop/. It offers "Winning with the Elephant Gambit", saying "Out of Print", but I've put the book in the basket, and the software accepts it.

In the fine Kenilworth list (Michael Goeller) there is one source missing: Friedrich Becker's Fernspiel- und Schachschulung (self-published, 1926). It has 14 correspondence games with 3.exd5 e4 vs some good opponents (e.g. von Bardeleben). An enthusiast's work, his amateurish drawings only add to the fun. Manuel Fruth offers a copy of that Becker book, too.

Michael Ayton wrote on 04/03/18 at 10:33:03:


fair enough

@Dragonslayer: can you share more details?
Any idea when the book shall be published?

Some months ago I took a look at the Elephant, mainly out of casual interest, and played some Blitz games.
Ultimately it was depressing, as I didn't seem to get enough compensation (not even practical one) in most lines.

Good luck with the project!

Dragonslayer wrote on 04/02/18 at 20:37:00:


You should get in touch with this guy https://www.chess.com/member/calypso_chess. He plays the Elephant against all comers and I suspect would have many published as well as unpublished games with it, not to mention anecdotes.

Good luck with the book.

Dragonslayer wrote on 04/02/18 at 14:06:34:


Ok, I clicked on the link and got the facebook message "Sorry, this content isn't available right now - The link you followed may have expired, or the page may only be visible to an audience you're not in. ".

TopNotch wrote on 04/01/18 at 17:48:54:


Yes, but for specific reasons, I will have to wait till tomorrow to answer it 
For now, I will just say that I play the Elephant, you can find some of my games in the databases.