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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER - THE TENNISON GAMBIT - ...

This is one of these old stories from chess history which can neither be confirmed nor
ultimately refuted. According to the story  and so far there is no doubt about its authenticity
Otto Tennison was a Danish player who lived in the 19th century. He used to open all his games
categorically with the strongest first move 1.e4 until one day he became so fed up with all the
elaborate variations his opponents threw onto the board without even thinking that he said to
himself  ¿Enough is enough! From now on I will choose a completely different approach. Thus
spoke Otto Tennison  and at the next opportunity when he played with the white pieces  he threw
1.Nf3 onto the board without even thinking. Alas  when his opponent answered 1...d5  he was
overcome by doubts about what he had done. He sat and stared at the board as if in deep
meditation  but suddenly  like struck by lightning  he took his king pawn  pushed it to e4 with
great decisiveness and uttered - more to himself than to anybody else  ¿Better late than never!
The Tennison Gambit is one of these openings which the chess world has almost entirely
neglected up to now. The initial move order 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 (or less often 1.e4 d5 2.Nf3) leads
to positions which are new territory for most players. As a sur- prise weapon it is the ideal
approach to lure your opponent into theoretical no man's land almost from move one. Uwe
Bekemann holds the title of ¿National Correspondence Chess Master' and is the author and
co-author of several opening books.

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