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The Irish Gambit for all you IrishMen

The Irish Gambit for all you IrishMen

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I've tried a few different opening as White to maybe Improve my game and found that playing an Opening called the Irish Gambit Works best for me, It goes

1.E2-E4.....E7-E5
2.Ng1-f3.....Nb8-c6
3.Nxe5...Nxe5
4.d2-d4

What does everyone think of this Opening, If it could be bad in the Future of the Game or that it could Help me by controlling the center even though I'm already down in Piece Value.

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you play that crap against me and you'll lose.

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That's like playing an accelerated Halloween gambit!
Intresting idea 🙂

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Originally posted by ouwe belg
That's like playing an accelerated Halloween gambit!
Intresting idea 🙂
Well the Truth is its an Extremely Weak opening, but I'm always trying out new openings see how they turn out, Yes I actually have played the Halloween Gambit hundreds of times, I wanted to really try the Irish gambit One because I'm Irish from Ireland and Two I love how it seems to Throw Average Players off, If I know how the Person plays I normally will play this opening if they're either Imm or a Beg an Advanced Player see's right through it and would Crush me Quickly.

I'm Currently playing a game with the Irish Gambit and this is how it looks right now with me as White
Game 4010944

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Originally posted by c00ushion
I've tried a few different opening as White to maybe Improve my game and found that playing an Opening called the Irish Gambit Works best for me, It goes

1.E2-E4.....E7-E5
2.Ng1-f3.....Nb8-c6
3.Nxe5...Nxe5
4.d2-d4

What does everyone think of this Opening, If it could be bad in the Future of the Game or that it could Help me by controlling the center even though I'm already down in Piece Value.
Also called the Chicago Gambit 😉

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ya he's playing me and i'm winning

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Hmm.
I'm a big fan of gambits & taking the central control early on, but after
1.e4...e5
2.Nf3...Nc6
3.Nxe5?!...Nxe5
4.d4...Ng6
5.Nc3
presumably, then I'd play 5...c6, as ...d5 is threatened, Nc3 will have problems getting into the game & also obviously Bb5 is out, as is Bc4 because ...b5 is now possible.
6.Bd3...Bb4
7.Bd2...N(8)e7

& black is off to a good solid start unless I have made one of my famous analytical cock-ups!

white to play

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Originally posted by chessisvanity
ya he's playing me and i'm winning
This game hasnt even begun to start Vanity, and how do you figure that your winning this can easily go either way, Goodluck to you, Either Way i'm testing out the Gambit, I never said I could beat anyone with it, but we will see how the Game Progresses

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3.Nxe5? is nonsense.

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Do you have to drink a lot of alcohol beforehand to play it? Is it true the Irish drink beer with breakfast and don't touch whiskey before 9 AM?

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The Chicago Gambit can not be good at all against anyone decent in chess.

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Originally posted by eagleeye222001
The Chicago Gambit can not be good at all against anyone decent in chess.
Untrue, I did read an Article that said Harold Meyer Phillips used it against one of the greatest Masters of that time Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and beat him with it, So even the great GrandMasters and international masters can lose against this Irish Gambit

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Originally posted by c00ushion
Untrue, I did read an Article that said Harold Meyer Phillips used it against one of the greatest Masters of that time Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and beat him with it, So even the great GrandMasters and international masters can lose against this Irish Gambit
Pillsbury was one of the forgotten great American GM's, he fits nicely between Morphy and Fischer as one of the "pride and sorrows" of chess. So much talent gone to waste because of personal problems.

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This Irish gambit looks about as good as the Irish football team at the moment.