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12th October 2008, 10:48am
#1
by ChessIsBoring
Outer Nowhere United States
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 12

The Tennison gambit!! I dont see why people think this is such a horrible gambit/opening - If you can play it right you will destroy everyone! Here is a game to see the gambit played by me. Could black have gotten out of this somehow?? This is the greatest gambit!!!!!!!

13th October 2008, 03:22pm
#2
by rich
United Kingdom
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 10270

It's okay.

13th October 2008, 05:01pm
#3
by trentthechessnut
Picton, NSW Australia
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 162

Its like a reversed Budapest :)

13th October 2008, 05:57pm
#4
by KillaBeez
Denver, CO United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 1773

Not quite.  White is more overextended with a pawn on c4.  I think this fact hurts White in this situation

14th October 2008, 01:55am
#5
by cheesehat
Sydney Australia
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 156

I remember I did that once but I accidentally moved itto d4 :(:(:(

15th October 2008, 06:14am
#6
by rigamagician
Riga Latvia
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 107

I'm not sure if 3...Nf6 is the strongest move.  How do you continue if your opponent plays like Badea in this game?

15th October 2008, 06:18am
#7
by Evil_Homer
Dublin Ireland
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 1395

Some annotation to go with the moves would have been useful, so new players to the opening could understand the thoughts behind the development of the pieces.

15th October 2008, 07:35am
#8
by rigamagician
Riga Latvia
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 107

In this particular line, Badea gives back the pawn right away, but prepares to develop his bishops with ...e5 and then drives white's knight off to g3 with ...f5.  He gains a strong pawn centre, so he can hold off on castling, and develop his own attack instead.

15th October 2008, 02:32pm
#9
by MBickley
Canada
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 288

My usual continuation against the very dubious tennison

15th October 2008, 02:39pm
#10
by BlackWaive
Michigan United States
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 45

In my Budapest Gambit days, I also played the Zukertort (Tennison) Gambit. Slightly inferior to the Budapest gambit due to the "safe" pawn on c7. (The Bogo check doesn't work anymore.) Play is otherwise very similar to the Budapest Gambit.

15th October 2008, 04:24pm
#11
by trentthechessnut
Picton, NSW Australia
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 162

I wonder if this works:

15th October 2008, 07:19pm
#12
by cheesehat
Sydney Australia
Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 156

g6

16th October 2008, 08:14am
#13
by rigamagician
Riga Latvia
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 107

To trentthechessnut, this looks like it refutes white's sac:

 

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