The Elephant Gambit

The Elephant Gambit is one of those openings which has the benefit (like the Latvian Gambit) of being almost guaranteed to appear once your opponent has played 1.e4. Of course it has the drawback of not necessarily being completely sound, but like any opening, specialist knowledge may make up for its shortcomings.
I'm not sure if the following game counts as a 'model' game in the opening, but it does demonstrate some of the key ideas (a lead in development and targets on the kingside in return for pawns). And the finish is quite good, as Maroczy tosses all his pieces bar his queen to engineer a checkmate.


Zambelly,K - Maroczy,Geza [C40]
corr, 1897

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Bd6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Ba4 e4 7. dxc6 O-O 8. Nd4 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qb6 10. Nxb8 Rxb8 11. Bb5 Rd8 12. O-O Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Qc7+ 15. f4 exf3+ 16. Kxf3 Rd4 17. d3 Bb7+ 18. Ne4 Bxe4+ 19. Kxg4 Qh2 20. dxe4 Qxg2+ 21. Kh4 Rxb5 22. Qxd4 Rh5+ 23. Kxh5 Qh3+ 24. Kg5 h6+ 25. Kf4 g5+ 26. Ke5 Qe6# 0-1