20 Feb 08
I was playing at a weekend tourney a few days ago, and came across an interesting gambit. I had never seen it before, and was quickly crushed. What is it called, and what is a good defense against it? It goes something like this:
1.e4.....e5
2.d4.....exd4
3.c3.....dxc3
4.Bc4...cxb2
5.Bxb2
Resulting in this position:
20 Feb 08
Originally posted by clandarkfireyeah, that is the danish gambit, i believe there is a way to all but refute it, look how a computer with a good book defends it (obviously dont do this if you have a GIP!)
I was playing at a weekend tourney a few days ago, and came across an interesting gambit. I had never seen it before, and was quickly crushed. What is it called, and what is a good defense against it? It goes something like this:
1.e4.....e5
2.d4.....exd4
3.c3.....dxc3
4.Bc4...cxb2
5.Bxb2
Resulting in this position:
[fen]rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/8/2B1P3/8/PB3PPP/RN1QK1NR[/fen]
20 Feb 08
blacks next viable moves are d6 or Qe7, although d5 seems to be the most preferred move. You then Enter the Danish Gambit Schlechter Defense variation.
Who remembers these names I do not know.
Looking at the whole opening from the book, it seems very long and I don't understand the latter half.
20 Feb 08
Originally posted by clandarkfireThe Danish gambit is a risky opening, and as najdorfslayer said it is easy to get equality after c3 d5!. I played it a couple of times when I started playing at the site, and if your opponent doesn't know how to defend against it, he is very likely to be crushed. However, if he does know how, the two pawns down become quite a lot...
I was playing at a weekend tourney a few days ago, and came across an interesting gambit. I had never seen it before, and was quickly crushed. What is it called, and what is a good defense against it? It goes something like this:
1.e4.....e5
2.d4.....exd4
3.c3.....dxc3
4.Bc4...cxb2
5.Bxb2
Resulting in this position:
[fen]rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/8/2B1P3/8/PB3PPP/RN1QK1NR[/fen]
23 Feb 08
2 edits
Originally posted by clandarkfireThe standard book continuation is:
I was playing at a weekend tourney a few days ago, and came across an interesting gambit. I had never seen it before, and was quickly crushed. What is it called, and what is a good defense against it? It goes something like this:
1.e4.....e5
2.d4.....exd4
3.c3.....dxc3
4.Bc4...cxb2
5.Bxb2
Resulting in this position:
[fen]rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/8/2B1P3/8/PB3PPP/RN1QK1NR[/fen]
5...d5 6. Bxd5 Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qxd8 Bb4 9. Qd2 Bxd2 10. Nxd2
Note that Black has had to give up the extra material he won in order to survive and defend, but he has equalized. Gambits which are sound usually have ways to win back the material. The point of the gambit is to trade material for piece development and time, to gain the initiative and an attack. The defender then has to understand, first, that he must give up the won material, and second, when to do so to best effect. That generally seems to be the key to accepting gambits: knowing when to give back material.
Edit: For example, in the sequence above, 5....Nf6 fails to 6.e5 (among other things); whereas after 5...d5 the bishop is blocked and then lured onto d5 (capturing the pawn), so that after 6.Bxd5 Nf6 the knight is attacking the bishop and 7.e5 is ruled out.
Edit: in the sequence given above, 6...Bb4+ might be worth a look also.