The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Gambit
Good morning/afternoon/evening, readers, and welcome to my second blog post! Are you a fan of aggressive openings, brilliant sacrifices, and a single stunning move that no opponent could have expected? Then the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Gambit is for you!
The beauty of this gambit is that even if your opponent doesn't play along you still have a playable position. Make sure to read to the end though, or your opponent could surprise you with some nasty response tactics!
This gambit is for White, beginning with the Réti opening, which advances the king's knight to f3.
Since black cannot advance to e5, they will likely play d5. If they advance one of their own knights, this can develop into a four knights game, where they can easily be trapped as well. But if e5 is opened, White then sacrifices the e4 pawn to Black. Black will likely capture, which White would follow up with knight g5, threatening Black's central dominance.
A natural move for Black would be knight f6, defending the e4 pawn. White will then play d3... and offer a trade?? But after Black captures with the pawn and white recaptures with the bishop some eagle-eyed readers may see where we are going.
Naturally after all that action Black will want to kick the g5 knight with pawn h6. But after this move, it's already too late. WHITE PLAYS KNIGHT TAKES F7, FORKING THE QUEEN AND ROOK!!
After king takes there is the discovered attack on the queen with BISHOP D6!!
But Watch Out...
After king takes and White captures White is now up three points with a queen in black's territory. However, White must be cautious with its moves. If Black plays e5 or e6, then White cannot capture the c1 bishop or there is bishop b4 check, discovering an attack on the queen by the rook.
