Friday, 27 July 2018

Greek gift?

Max Dlugy, Naka's Magic, New In Chess 2018/5, p. 82

But isn't a Greek Gift the bishop sacrifice with check?
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous28 July 2018 at 15:22

    Thought your feminist self would be more likely to critique the magazine cover than this minor error!

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  2. Martin Smith29 July 2018 at 19:15

    Speaking of which, I'm also dismayed at the gratuitous use of 'It's your move' in the McFarland ad on page 6.

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  3. adamponting30 July 2018 at 15:28

    Seems OK to me. *1 minute of research* The internets (wikipedia) call what you mean the Greek gift sacrifice. A Greek gift is a gift given with the intention of tricking and causing harm to the recipient (collinsdictionary), a treacherous gift (wiktionary), deriving from I fear the Greeks even [when they are] bringing gifts (Aeneid).

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  4. ejh30 July 2018 at 15:32

    It's an interesting point Adam, but did your one minute of research extend to the first part of this page?

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  5. Cynac8 August 2018 at 18:26

    It's still a Greek gift in general terms, even if not the chess standard Bx

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