Polish Gambit

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13th October 2008, 03:45pm
#1
by narutofanforever
United States
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What should Black play? 2. ... axb4 3.Nf3

13th October 2008, 04:01pm
#2
by volg
Afghanistan
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That is the worst gambit i have ever seen.

13th October 2008, 04:04pm
#3
by RyanMK
Iowa United States
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He/she shouldn't play it in the first place.

13th October 2008, 04:06pm
#4
by stanhope13
The Celestial City or Armageddon United Kingdom
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make your own mind up, plenty of choice.

13th October 2008, 04:53pm
#5
by narutofanforever
United States
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volg wrote:

That is the worst gambit i have ever seen.


True, but I just looked at this gambit.

13th October 2008, 09:55pm
#6
by thegab03
on the road to nowhere! Ireland
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 18954

It's my favorite opening,not the one above,but The Polish(Sokolosky/Oran-utan),it has refreshed my chess playing,if anybody thinks that it's The worst gambit!Let us have a game and I'll show you different,go to the database and check out properly this opening,it also is very good to play it as Black aswell,the point is,tat very few people are aware of this surprising yet strong opening! Yell

13th October 2008, 11:14pm
#7
by immortalgamer
Oregon United States
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hummm....really.  My question is why would black ever play a5?

13th October 2008, 11:18pm
#8
by thegab03
on the road to nowhere! Ireland
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3rd May 2009, 03:02pm
#9
by iliosis
Pskov Russia
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 1294

Hey its actually quite interesting opening play, it works well, although probably because nobody is used to this positioning.

 

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