| Philip Corbin | |
| Country: | Barbados |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1957 |
| FIDE Master | |
| Rating: | 2005 (January 2020) |
| Peakrating: | 2315 (January 1991) |
| Fideid: | 11100036 |
Philip Corbin (born 1957) is a Barbadian FIDE Master chess player.
Corbin is a seven-time champion of Barbados[1] and has represented Barbados in eleven Chess Olympiads from 1986 through 2008, playing first board in 1986, 1990, 1998, and 2000.[2]
He is known for using the Elephant Gambit when playing with the black pieces,[3] most notably in his 2006 simultaneous exhibition win over English GM Nigel Short.[4] He also plays the Budapest Gambit and the Scandinavian Defense as black.[5] In a television interview Corbin said that he attempts to play chess in an innovative and entertaining style and referred to his playing style as "Calypso Chess."[6]