02 Mar '10 18:08>
What is your favorite Gambit !?
It interests me very much to know what your favorite Gambit(s) may be. Whether a true Gambit like the Smith-Morra where the material cannot be immediately recovered, or a pseudo-gambit like the QGA (where it can be recovered quickly if desired) And whether it is your favorite to Play or to play Against.
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What are some of your reasons for liking it? Strictly Results oriented? Or are there certain aspects of the position(s) aor play? Is it practical? A matter of creativity? etc. Anything about it. And certainly Example Games are Very Welcome, here, or with Link to Annotated Game, etc.
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For now I'll just say my own favorite is the Scotch/Danish/Goring Gambit(s) conglomeration. And go into my own reasons a bit later. First I'd like to see what others enjoy. I know there are some at GK who live & die by the Blackmar-Diemer, the Janisch, Wilkes-Barre/Traxler, and i even know one who is quite expert on the Dilworth Attack of the Open Lopez. Which also contains the recently discussed Riga Variation. And of course, never to forget the Marshall Gambit/Attack of the "closed" Ruy; which then becomes not-very-closed anymore! 🙂
It interests me very much to know what your favorite Gambit(s) may be. Whether a true Gambit like the Smith-Morra where the material cannot be immediately recovered, or a pseudo-gambit like the QGA (where it can be recovered quickly if desired) And whether it is your favorite to Play or to play Against.
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What are some of your reasons for liking it? Strictly Results oriented? Or are there certain aspects of the position(s) aor play? Is it practical? A matter of creativity? etc. Anything about it. And certainly Example Games are Very Welcome, here, or with Link to Annotated Game, etc.
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For now I'll just say my own favorite is the Scotch/Danish/Goring Gambit(s) conglomeration. And go into my own reasons a bit later. First I'd like to see what others enjoy. I know there are some at GK who live & die by the Blackmar-Diemer, the Janisch, Wilkes-Barre/Traxler, and i even know one who is quite expert on the Dilworth Attack of the Open Lopez. Which also contains the recently discussed Riga Variation. And of course, never to forget the Marshall Gambit/Attack of the "closed" Ruy; which then becomes not-very-closed anymore! 🙂