16 Jun 08
Originally posted by SquelchbelchOh oh "blackburne-hartlaub gambit"...i understand why you said you'd try d e5 on your next match!
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Oh yesh, I think so!
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Excellent books except on king's gambit : you MUST buy thomas johanson's boook, much much better than mac donald's (don't know gallagher's book)
That is : if you don't change for the danish!
The trouble with the KG? less surprise effect, most players have a sound defence to it ready...
16 Jun 08
Originally posted by shorbockI dont think that gambit players would like position after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Nc6 6.d5 Ne5 7.f4 Ng6 8.e5 Bb4! when black gives back extra piece for some positional advantage.
And did you read my comment on your thread about the danish?
You should try the halloween gambit one day, i know you'll like it !
16 Jun 08
Originally posted by shorbockI play King's Knight's Gambit & have Johansson's King's Gambit for the Creative Aggressor (the bright yellow one bottom right) & Gallagher's Winning with the King's Gambit is fairly old but covers most of the lines that Johansson's book ignores & has a good reputation.
Oh oh "blackburne-hartlaub gambit"...i understand why you said you'd try d e5 on your next match!
Excellent books except on king's gambit : you MUST buy thomas johanson's book, much much better than mac donald's (don't know gallagher's book)
That is : if you don't change for the danish!
The trouble with the KG? less surprise effect, most players have a sound defence to it ready...
McDonald's book however seems to be a repertoire book for Black & he seems to show no interest in the gambit from the White perspective!
I will consider getting The Fascinating King's Gambit by Johansson at some stage, but I know very little about the King's Bishop's Gambit except when lines transpose.
I'm having fun starting out playing the Danish Gambit at the moment, although Lutes' book is just about the most confusing format of any openings book I've ever seen.
16 Jun 08
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Squelchbelch: definitely, definitely get The Fascinating King's Gambit. Then you can bring your game kicking and screaming into the 19th Century.
Game 5100235
17 Jun 08
Originally posted by greenpawn34The Jerome Gambit -- Berserker chess at its finest!
Never mind all these half-baked coward gambits.
Play the [b]Jerome Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+
Now there is an opening with some bite.[/b]
(And I suppose, if anyone cares, madly unsound.)
Just right for blitz games, bar games, friendly games or "giving Jerome Gambit odds" to a weaker player. Been playing and researching it for years.
Always interested in seeing people's games with the Jerome Gambit, greenpawn34! Share??
For a few yuks, see what I've dug up and put on my new blog: jeromegambit.blogspot.com
17 Jun 08
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Originally posted by hunterknoxA back-handed compliment if ever I've heard one!
...Then you can bring your game kicking and screaming into the 19th Century.
Here's my first ever (full) Danish Gambit game which I just completed:
Game 5111919
Ok, 7...Be6?? is pretty horrific (we were both playing reasonably quickly) but even so, it was a fun game.