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[L] Troll's Gambit Declined
The Nescafe Frappe Attack
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Goblin
MA
6
ST
2
AG
3
AV
7
R
0
B
2
P
0
F
0
G
2
Cp
0
In
0
Cs
1
Td
0
Mvp
0
GPP
2
XPP
0
SPP
2
Injuries
 
Skills
Dodge
Right Stuff
Stunty
The Nescafe Frappe Attack (Burgess vs Tebb, 1988)

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 c5
3. d5 b5
4. cb5 a6
5. Nc3 ab5
6. e4 b4
7. Nb5 d6
8. Bc4

First of all, we need to know what a "Coffee House" player is. According to Wikipedia:
- An adjective used to describe a move, player, or style of play characterized by risky, positionally dubious play that sets traps for the opponent. The name comes from the notion that one would expect to see such play in skittles, games played in a coffeehouse or similar setting, particularly in games played for stakes or blitz chess.

So in 1987, there was a certain game between Collins and Tebb, won by Black after a speculative sacrifice. Informally, the winner was nicknamed as the "King of Coffee House".

The next year, Burgess faced Tebb with the White pieces and ‘decaffeinated’ the King of Coffee House with the help of the afore-mentioned Gambit.

This win inspired him so much, that he went on to write a whole book about the system.In the book, he also has to say something about the name of the opening:
- This line as yet has no official name (except ‘Zaitsev line with 8 Bc4’); it is generally referred to as simply ‘The Hack Line’, or for reasons which are rather obscure, the The Nescafé Frappé Attack or NFA for short.
Match performances
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2010-01-17
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