VonHennig Schara Gambit

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18th November 2008, 08:24am
#1
by Variable
New York United States
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I heard this mentioned in a d4 post. Anyone know what it is? It has my curiosity going ... thanks

18th November 2008, 08:29am
#2
by Phil_from_Blayney
Blayney, NSW Australia
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1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 cd5 and instead of the usual Tarrasch with 4 ... ed5 Black plays 4 ... cd4!? or ?! (I can't be sure, leads to a wild type of game that is fun to play, though maybe not against too good a player with white as white should be able to retain a nice advantage throughout.

18th November 2008, 02:53pm
#3
by Variable
New York United States
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Very interesting, thanks much!

19th November 2008, 08:16am
#4
by Variable
New York United States
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I was looking around for some example, and found this one, anyone have any other interesting games?

19th November 2008, 08:31am
#5
by Geoffb01
Rotherham England
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I play the von Hennig Schara quite a lot, especially over the board against weaker players.  I've a couple of games going on on this site at present against stronger players that you may like to watch.

I've not seen the 5...Ne7 move that's in your example.  I normally play 5... Nc6 at this point.

19th November 2008, 01:21pm
#6
by Variable
New York United States
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Very interesting, Thanks Geoffb01

19th November 2008, 04:15pm
#7
by KillaBeez
Kansas United States
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On Chessmaster, there is a nice game played by Alekhine as Black in this line.  He uses his edge in development to completely overwhelm his opponent.

20th November 2008, 11:45am
#8
by Variable
New York United States
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Sounds like a good game to look at.

20th November 2008, 12:31pm
#9
by aadaam
International
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White can also play 5.Qa4+

20th November 2008, 01:40pm
#10
by KillaBeez
Kansas United States
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That was the line Alekhine played against.  I actually ran this by Fritz and Fritz likes it a lot.  That's saying a lot about the gambit if Fritz thinks a gambit is equal.

22nd November 2008, 10:11am
#11
by Variable
New York United States
Member Since: Aug 2008
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Well if Fritz says it good ... Cool

 

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