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a venomous little gambit..hmm

a venomous little gambit..hmm

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Khalifman almost offhandedly dismissed this (by quoting a game from 1906?!) and saying white is better,it doesn't look like it to me and I can't find any effective antidote apart from steering into a Giuco Piano which I dont want to do

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Bc5!
3.Nxe5 Nc6
4.Nf3 (nxc6 doesn't seem any better)Q e7
5.Nc3 Nf6 (there's huge pressure down the efile)
6.d4 Nxe4
7.Nxe4 Qxe4+
8.Be3 Nb4!
9.dxc5 Nxc2+
10.Kd2 Nxa1
11.Qxa1

dont like the look of this at all ,it doesn't look better for white in my opinion..............anyone seen this before,any thoughts?

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Originally posted by yelob
Khalifman almost offhandedly dismissed this (by quoting a game from 1906?!) and saying white is better,it doesn't look like it to me and I can't find any effective antidote apart from steering into a Giuco Piano which I dont want to do

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Bc5!
3.Nxe5 Nc6
4.Nf3 (nxc6 doesn't seem any better)Q e7
5.Nc3 Nf6 (there's huge pressure down the efi ...[text shortened]... sn't look better for white in my opinion..............anyone seen this before,any thoughts?
well apart from 8... Nb5! being impossible 🙂

I would still rather be white, 2 powerful bishops and black, who is already tempi down will have to use more moves securing safe squares for both king and queen

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Haven't seen this before, but I think you should be very happy with this position for white. When white manages to trade queens he will have a won game.

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Originally posted by yelob
Khalifman almost offhandedly dismissed this (by quoting a game from 1906?!) and saying white is better,it doesn't look like it to me and I can't find any effective antidote apart from steering into a Giuco Piano which I dont want to do

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Bc5!
3.Nxe5 Nc6
4.Nf3 (nxc6 doesn't seem any better)Q e7
5.Nc3 Nf6 (there's huge pressure down the efi ...[text shortened]... sn't look better for white in my opinion..............anyone seen this before,any thoughts?
Never seen it before, but I think I'd give back the pawn with 5.Be2 Qxe4 6. O-O and be happy with a lead in development, whereas black's king and queen are on the open e-file.

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