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whogeeyao

Ever since I watched GM Williams' video on the Hillbilly Attack, 2. Bc4 has been my go-to move against the Caro-Kann. I don't win every game, but my wins can truly be spectacular and against great players.

Here is my most recent beauty.


Enjoy :)

Bandoum

Wow! That's a great game. Cool

whogeeyao

glad you liked it Cool I felt great playing the final move ;)

poucin
intersectinglines a écrit :

Why he captured the rook with king and not pawn?

 

just think about the point of Rxf6 and u will have your answer.

RubenHogenhout
whogeeyao schreef:

glad you liked it  I felt great playing the final move

Interesting. It looks very much like the BlackmarDiemer Gambit with g6 but then from the Karo-can .  I lookes like this verion is better for white becuase black plays Bf5 first and then Bg4 wich seems not good now.

Smexypapayas

While I dislike his position from move 4, I think black is virtually lost the moment he castled kingside. White has all his pieces bearing down on that side, and I don't know why he would do that. I also believe g6 to be a mistake, since black's point is to punish white's LSB for coming out to the wrong side of the board so early. I believe e6 to be a far more sound position instead of capturing on e4.

checkmate3141

Can you share a link to GingerGM's video?

RubenHogenhout
Smexypapayas schreef:

While I dislike his position from move 4, I think black is virtually lost the moment he castled kingside. White has all his pieces bearing down on that side, and I don't know why he would do that. I also believe g6 to be a mistake, since black's point is to punish white's LSB for coming out to the wrong side of the board so early. I believe e6 to be a far more sound position instead of capturing on e4.

 

I think black is lost when he first plays Bf5 and later goes for Bg4?!  The final mistake is of course take on d4. 

But the normal BlackmarDiemer variation wit g6 goes like..

 

 

 

poucin
checkmate3141 a écrit :

Can you share a link to GingerGM's video?

So difficult to search it on chess.com?

https://www.chess.com/video/player/spicy-gambits-the-hillbilly-attack

GM_chess_player
whogeeyao wrote:

glad you liked it  I felt great playing the final move ;)

I know write,but it would be nice beating a master ON A BOARD.By the way,was that a master,the 2197 or the 2179?

MayCaesar

Very good stuff. happy.png If you want to try out more Caro-Cann variations with strong attack lines, there is also the Apocalypse Variation, leading to surprisingly action-heavy games:

 

 

CK_1886

In my opinion, the Hillbilly attack primarily relies on black trying to hold on to the extra pawn for dear life. If black handles it correctly by focusing on development rather than material, then black gets at least equality. There are better ways to get a great attacking position against the Caro such as 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nh3 with ideas of Nh3-f4 and Ng3-h5.

imsighked2

Yeee-haw! What a great game!

LetItRain

Wow awesome checkmate I like the part where you sac all your pieces

Spacebux

As CK_1186 mentions, black should be fine if he does not attempt to hang on to the extra material.  Let it go and focus on development.  Black's LSB is a boat anchor that must be jettisoned in almost all positions in the CK.

MickinMD

I'm not sold on it yet, but I've been exploring this variation. There are a number of YouTube videos on the Hillbilly attack. A nice 2-parter, about 35 min. in total, is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQWRtPHA1yE&t=5s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdPTONY9uaI&t=45s

 

whogeeyao

Well, it seems that this game got a bit more attention than I would have thought! But yeah, the hillbilly is very happy go lucky in my opinion, but it's fun when it works! Personally I never tried this in a classical game, but I did beat an FM in a FIDE-rated 3+2 blitz game at the Quebec Open.