Philip Corbin
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Philip Corbin is a chess FIDE Master from Barbados
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Corbin has represented Barbados in eleven Chess Olympiad
s from 1986 through 2008, playing first board in 1986, 1990, 1998, and 2000.
He is known for using the Elephant Gambit
when playing with the black pieces, most notably in his 2006 simultaneous exhibition
win over British Grandmaster Nigel Short
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Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
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Corbin has represented Barbados in eleven Chess Olympiad
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other. The event is organised by FIDE, which selects the host nation.-Birth of the Olympiad:The first Olympiad was unofficial...
s from 1986 through 2008, playing first board in 1986, 1990, 1998, and 2000.
He is known for using the Elephant Gambit
Elephant Gambit
The Elephant Gambit is a rarely played chess opening beginning with the moves:...
when playing with the black pieces, most notably in his 2006 simultaneous exhibition
Simultaneous exhibition
A simultaneous exhibition or simultaneous display is a board game exhibition in which one player plays multiple games at a time with a number of other players. Such an exhibition is often referred to simply as a "simul".In a regular simul, no chess clocks are used...
win over British Grandmaster Nigel Short
Nigel Short
Nigel David Short MBE is an English chess grandmaster earning the title at the age of 19. Short is often regarded as the strongest English player of the 20th century as he was ranked third in the world, from January 1988 – July 1989 and in 1993, he challenged Garry Kasparov for the World Chess...
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