The From Gambit

So here we are gonna talk about a gambit that comes after the Bird Opening called the From Gambit. So the picture you see under this text is what the From Gambit looks like.

So first if they Accept. There are other moves but we’ll look  at if they accept. If they accept, we play d6. And again they don’t have to take on d6, but we’ll look at that later. So we take back with the bishop, and the threat is this:

And if white plays a move like Nc3, ignoring it completely then that happens. Let’s say they play Nf3 which is the most common move stopping Qh4. Now we play g5, the Lasker Variation of the From Gambit, trying to go g4 which would be winning. What usually happens is g3, and then you play g4, and have a solid position. If they play h3, then Bg3 is actually mate. So this is what it looks like. And by the way if they don’t play Nf3 and play some other move then you go check and force there king to move otherwise Bxg3 with a pin.

A decent position for you.

So after you play d6, white doesn’t have to take. So first if white goes Nf3 to defend the pawn, you trade on e4, and after they take back, you play Bd6, the knight going back to f3 is there best option to stop Qh4, and that’s actually a transposition to the main line. This is what that looks like.

And by the way after they take back queen h4 doesn’t really do anything because just g3.

and if they don’t move there knight back to f3 and instead play something like d4, you can trade the bishop for knight then trade queens and you’re actually better according to stockfish.

And if they rather than playing Nf3 or the main line just taking on d6, and play d4 which is the final move to see, you trade the pawns and then the queens like before and are better. And if they play a move like c3 to just give the pawn back, you take and have a lot more space and a center pawn and you’re in a better position.

Now after you play e5, the From Gambit, if white plays e3 to decline, you trade and play like d5 or Nf6 or Nc6 and you’re once again just in a better position. If they play d3 to decline, same thing. You trade on f4 and play d5, Nf6, or Nc6 and are just better.

Occasionally you’ll face very odd moves like Nc3, which is called the Bahr Gambit, but you just take on f4 if that happens, they should play Nf3 to stop Qh4 after that, and you play Be7 and have a minis one advantage.

If they play g3 to decline, you take on f4, and it’s basically game over. You’re completely winning and they can’t even take because of queen h4 mate.

if they play some weird move like Nh3 then you just play d5, if they play d4 you take on d4 and if they take back with there queen you just play Nc6 and if they play like c3 gambit style you just take white has nothing going for them you’re just up a pawn and winning.

If they play f5 you’re completely winning after d5 it’s literally minis 3. And by the way just to know, if they play g4 then Queen h4 is mate and if they play h3 then queen h4 queen g3 is mate. 

If they go Nf3, then taking is actually not the best move though it’s still better for black, e4 is the best move, if they move the knight back home then you can go d5 and if they go to like d4 then you can go d5 and c5 maybe c5 first and if they go to e5 then d6 and if g5 then d5. So basically it’s like the Alekhine’s Defense but Alekhine was 400 when he played it because his f-pawn has moved.

So we finish the blog, and the outcome is that the From Gambit takes advantage of the weak diagonal, and that’s why you have to really really no what you’re doing when you move the f pawn.

Oh, by the way, I’ll soon make a blog on the Falkbeer Countergambit in case e4 is played.