early sharp gambits

Not at 7th move of some particular variation but some first or second moves, sharp gambits right away. If it is a bit unsound it doesn't matter.

so gimme something interesting against English, Queen Pawn game, Bird system, even against 1. e4 when I play as black,something against Ruy Lopez except Morphy defense or Berlin defence with endless theory and gimme something sharp and open against French defence, Caro Kann and other.

It doesn't have to be sound as hell, I wan't some early deviations from normal quiet openings, suitable for quick kills !

Thanks in advance !

P. S. If you have a game to show with particular sharpy opening I would appreciate your PGN greatly.

The ones I've played that I like...

As white:
King's Gambit
Smith Morra (anti-sicillian)

As black

vrs d4
Benko Gambit

vrs e4
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(Italian Game) Play the Traxler
(Roy Lopez)if sharp but no gambit is ok, try the fishing pole (as dubbed by Brian Wall)
1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Ng4!?


vrs c4
??? - the only truly sharp lines I can think of here are symetric variation with early d5 by black then cxd, Nxd, e4

Against the French: 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 (Reti Gambit)
Against the Sicilian: 1. e4 c5 2. d4 ed 3. c3 dc 4. Nxc3 (Smith-Morra Gambit)
Against Scandinavian: 1. e4 d5 2. d4 (Blackmar-Diemer Gambit)
Against 1. e4 e5: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 (King's Gambit)
Against 1. d4: Benko Gambit
Against 1. e4: I suppose responding e5 is open enough. There is never any need to get into a Ruy if you play the Latvian.
Against 1. c4 I think the reversed sicilian can't be that bad.

As black against 1. e4, try the Icelandic gambit:

1. e4 d5
2. exd5 Nf6
3. c4 e6
4. dxe6 Bxe6

It is no longer the poison pill it used to be, but it can be quite effective against many players and it is great fun to play, especially in fast games.

Cheers,
T.

Against 1.c4 the only other real gambit I can think of is 1...e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 b5!? The Bellon Gambit if I recall. Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole myself though!

Originally posted by ivan2908
Not at 7th move of some particular variation but some first or second moves, sharp gambits right away. If it is a bit unsound it doesn't matter.

so gimme something interesting against English, Queen Pawn game, Bird system, even against 1. e4 when I play as black,something against Ruy Lopez except Morphy defense or Berlin defence with endless theory and g ...[text shortened]... f you have a game to show with particular sharpy opening I would appreciate your PGN greatly.

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5

And some more examples

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Originally posted by adam warlock
Against the Ruy: the Schliemann defence/Jaenisch gambit. Great, great fun!

[pgn]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5[/pgn]

Originally posted by ivan2908
Cool, thanks ! I plan build nasty OTB net of openings, I want to have gambit reply to everything 🙂 so help of all of you so far is really much appreciated.

There is quite a good gambit against the main line ruy lopez - the marshall gambit. It is one of the best ones going, and worth knowing for any e5 player as black.

Originally posted by Tyrannosauruschex
There is quite a good gambit against the main line ruy lopez - the marshall gambit. It is one of the best ones going, and worth knowing for any e5 player as black.

Originally posted by Korch
Marshall gambit is sound but it have some drawbacks:

1) Large amount of theory;
2) Playing Ruy white can avoid it without any problems and fight for advantage in several anti-Marshall systems. Like Kasparov did in his 1993 match with Short.

Hendrix was originally named Johhny Allen Henrix - the
name Allen was removed and replaced with Marshall four/five
yers later - nobody knows why.

Frank Marshall's middle name was James and people called
James are often called Jimmy (Jimi).

You could try the Balogh counter gambit: 1.e4,d6 2.d4,f5!? It's most likely not sound but you're almost garantueed your opponents,even the most seasoned ones, have never seen this before.

Originally posted by Katastroof
You could try the Balogh counter gambit: 1.e4,d6 2.d4,f5!? It's most likely not sound but you're almost garantueed your opponents,even the most seasoned ones, have never seen this before.