5 Fun Gambits To Play During COVID!

Hello everyone! I apologize for not posting in a while, as I have been swamped with work. In today's blog post, I will be showing you guys 5 fun gambits that you might not have seen before! Let's get started!

1. The Danish Gambit

The Danish Gambit consists of sacrificing 2 pawns for piece activity and development. It is a very sharp way to play against black's response of 1...e5 to white's 1. e4. 

If you'd like to watch a video on the Danish Gambit by GM Simon Williams (@Ginger_GM), click here!

2. The Smith Morra Gambit

The Smith Morra Gambit is a very popular gambit, one that has been worked out to the 30th move! Try it out against the Sicilian Defense one day!

Here's a video by GM JRLOK on chess.com! Click here

3. The Wing Gambit

One of @EnergeticHay's favorite blitz weapons! He uses it against the Sicilian. Although it has scored him something like a 25% win rate, that's not because the opening's bad! It's because @EnergeticHay is bad

If you'd like to see some games that @EnergeticHay played in this variation, check these links out!
Game #1:  Winning in 18 moves

Game #2: Almost Drawing GM Alexey Sarana

Game #3: Trapping an FM's Queen!

4. The Tennison Gambit

I'll admit... This one isn't too strong. It's pretty funny if you're opponent falls into the trap though...

If you'd like to see a video by Chess Talk on the Tennison Gambit, click here!

5. The Evans Gambit

One last opening to counter 1.e4 e5! Let's take a look at one of World Champion Bobby Fischer's favorite openings!

Here's a game where GM Hikaru Nakamura (@Hikaru) plays the Evans Gambit! (Video here)

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed these 5 fun gambits. If you did, comment down below which was your favorite! Also let me know if you have any other cool gambits to share. Until next time!