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Steinitz or Young or Bello or Baldwin Gambit for some context I plan on using one of these as my main surprise weapon at the 1800-2000 range for SLOW time controls

This is a real repritore used by a member of my club and I thought I share it since in the last 2 months her rating went from 1288 to 1479!! 1.e4/Nf6 2.d4 Omega Gambit 1.e4/e6 2.d4/d5 3.c4 Diemer-Duhm Gambit 1.e4/d5 2.Nf3 Tennison Gambit (shes new to this she use to play 1.e4/d5 2.f4 Williams Gambit) 1.e4/e5 2.d4/exd4 3.c3 Danish Gambit 1.e4/f5 2.f4 Swiss Gambit 1.e4/e5 2.Nf3/Nc6 3.d4/exd4 4.Bc4 Scoth Gambit (also plays 1.e4/e5 2.Nf3/Nc6 3.d4/exd4 4.c3 Goering Gambit) 1.e4/c5 2.b4 Wing Gambit 1.e4/Nc6 2.b4 Wheeler Gambit shes currently looking for a reasonable gambit against the caro-kann but man this gal is hardcore she plays this stuff in tournaments like literally all the time!!

So my prefered opening as white is the Bird. And of course, my favorite gambit is the From, my normal response as black to 1. f4. However, when learning the Bird, I was shown a rather cute but unfortunately unsound gambit against 1. f4, d5. It's called the Williams Gambit (concieved by a mid-ranking chess enthusiast named William L. Williams). If declined, the gambit can transpose easily into a French, Caro-Kann, Sicillian, or Nimzovitch game. If accepted, black will surely be dumbfounded and weaker players (in blitz) may make easy to miss mistakes. Here is the so-called main-line followed by a couple of miniatures that show how Black can easily mistep. Once again, do not expect to play this gambit and win with any sort of consistency against stronger players! It's unsound, but still an entertaining thought. I hope you enjoy these real games, as played by Williams:

I entered a tournament to play the French Defense. Mostly because I wanted to play the Reti Gambit as white. Naturally, I started off all of my games as black, lol. One of them, I decided to try out the Franco-Hiva Gambit. I felt this would be a good exercise as I'm familiar with early f-pawn pushes. Anyway, I was quite happy with how quick the development can be! If anyone knows of any resources, I'd be interested in learning more.

Anyone know some good gambits for black? The main problem is that white never plays the moves I want. For example, the Albin Gambit, most people play e4. Against e4 i would like to play the Two Knights but most people go for a Ruy Lopez!

I was alerted by google of a recently uploaded free ebook on the Elephant Gambit. I added it to Chess.com for all to enjoy. http://www.chess.com/download/view/elephant-gambit-2---ebook Boog.

Another victory with my beloved ryder gambit. Could this gambit be played at master level? http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=29860220

Lately, I've been losing with the ryder gambit, but in this game it was a different outcome. I'll probably only use it as a surprise weapon from now on seeing how it could possiblely be refuted. Well heres the game, enjoy !!!

Here's a couple games I played against a friend. They were unrated, and I decided to play 1. e4, which I very rarely play. In the first one, I sacrificed the exchange to create a mating net. In the second one, just for fun, I sacrificed a knight to open up the queenside and sacrificed another knight to try to corner his king. It managed to work. Enjoy!

Here's a recent Soller Gambit I've played.

Attached with this message is the first tournament game that I had played withthe Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit 1.d4 Nf3 2.g4. The is the opening that tookme to the Hawaii State Championship title in 1986. This was a match game vsReynolds Takata in 1982. We split the match 1-1 however I won this encounterwith my new gambit. Best RegardsDarthMusashi

With 1.e4 I play: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Kings Gambit1.e4 c5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit1.e4 c5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bd3 Halasz Gambit Sicilian Variation1.e4 c5 2.b4 Sicilian Wing 'Gambit1.e4 c5 2.g4 Sicilian Grob Attack1.e4 c5 2.f4 Sicilian Gran Prix Attack1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4 Halasz Gambit1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.b4 Mieses Kotroc Gambit1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 Orthoschnap Khan Gambit1.e4 c6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Papa Gambit (Caro-Kann Variation)1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Ulysses Gambit1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3 Mieses Gambit1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 Diemer-Duhm Gambit1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Persus Gambit (still experimental)1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3 Alapin Diemer GambitAnd there are probably more gambit lines that I do play in the King pawn openings. Best RegardsDarthMusashi

My book still available in french : « Emil Diemer (1908-1990), missionnaire des Echecs acrobatiques » par Dany Sénéchaud Ed. de la Libre Case, 2003, 3rd Limited Ed. 263 pages, Postface par Dr Michel Roos. 285 complete games by Emil Diemer, and other complete games by : Alekhine (78, 196), Bogoljubov (32, 51, 174, 179, 208), Bronstein (191), Gedult (41, 42, 54, 78, 167), Gereben (5, 99), Hübner (177), Kasparov (141), Kérès (73, 98, 197), Krejcik (100), Larsen (141), Nimzovitch (78), O’Kelly (259), Podgorny (203), Sämisch (51), Smyslov (99), Spassky (51, 191), Tartakover (23, 54, 81)… With Gambits of course (BDG, Latvian Gambit, Englund Gambit, Soller Gambit, Elephant gambit), but also with Sicilian-Dragon, Colle-Opening, 1…Nc6, Franco-Benoni, Unorthodox openings, etc. Rezension(en) 13 Jahre ist er nun schon tot, der "Missionar des künstlerischen Schachs" Emil Joseph Diemer (1908-1990), aber das Gedenken an ihn und sein Lebenswerk, das Blackmar-Diemer-Gambit (BDG), will nicht verblassen: Das französischsprachige Buch über den "Propheten von Muggensturm" erscheint nach 1997 und 1998 bereits in der dritten (!) Auflage und enthält hauptsächlich eine Sammlung von 285 Partien des kauzigen Meisters, garniert mit einigen biografischen Daten und Anekdoten. Dany Senechaud präsentiert den Stoff in drei Kapiteln: 1) Das Blackmar-Diemer-Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4 d:e4 3.Sc3 Sf6 4.f3 (S. 9-110): a) Annahme des BDG mit 4...e:f3 5. S:f3 und dann 5... Lg4 (Teichmann), 5...Lf5 (Tartakower/Gunderam), 5... e6 (Euwe), 5... g6 (Bogoljubow), 5... c6, 5... b6, 5... Sbd7. Die Variante 5.D:f3 mit den Fortsetzungen 5...D:d4 (Ryder), 5... Sc6 (Tautvaisas), 5...c6 (Schuppler), 5...g6 (Bogoljubow). b) Ablehnung des BDG mit 4... Lf5 und nun 5.g4/5.f:e4; oder mit 4...e6 bzw. mit 4...e3. c) Anti-BDG-Sy steme wie 3...e5 (Lemberg-Gambit), 3...f5 (Staunton-Gambit), 3... Lf5 (Zeller-Variante), 1. d4 Sf6 2.Sc3 d5 3.e4 S:e4 (Hübsch-Gambit), 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3. Sc3 d:e4 4.f3 (Milner-Barry-Gambit). d) Das Diemer-Gambit 1.d4 Sf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4, das Duhm-Diemer-Gambit 1. d4 d5 2.e4 c6/e6 3.c4, das Alapin-Diemer-Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4 c6/e6 3. Le3, das Rosenberg-Diemer-Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.e4 d:e4 3. Le3, das Fritz-Gambit 1.d4 d52.e4 d:e4 3.Lc4. In diesem umfangreichen Kapitel werden 122 Diemer-Partien und 25 seiner Anhängerschaft ("BDG-Gemeinde") gebracht. 2) Spielen auf Matt vom ersten Zug an! (S. 111-184) mit 72 Diemer-Partien und 17 anderen: a) Bajonett-Angriff 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Sf6 3.Sc3 g6 4.Le2 Lg7 5.g4; b) der "Schwarzwald-Drache" = das Simagin-System in Sizilianisch; c) Nimzowitsch-Eröffnung 1.e4 Sc6; d) Lettisches Gambit, Englund-Gambit, Diemer-Gambit 1.Sf3 g5, Humphrey-Bogart-Gambit 1.d4 Sf6 2.g4. 3) Weitere bemerkenswerte Diemer-Partien (91 an der Zahl) in chronologischer Reihenfolge von 1933 bis 1984 (S. 185-223). Der Anhang (S. 224-259) enthält u.a. zeitgeschichtliche Dokumente und Briefe, ein Nachwort des bekannten IM Dr. Michel Roos (1932-2002), eine Zeittafel mit Diemers Turniererfolgen sowie einige schwarz-weiße Abbildungen mit Diemers vollbärtigem Charakterkopf. Kompromissloses Angriffsschach, Gambit- und Opferspiel im romantischen und künstlerischen Gewände -für all dies stand Diemer, all dies fasziniert nicht nur seine "BDG-Gemeinde", und deshalb wird der vorliegende Band nicht nur im Kreise seiner "Jünger" Verbreitung finden! Eine Diemer-Miniatur zum Abschluss gefällig? Bitte sehr: Diemer - Locher, Lindau 1950 (Partie Nr. 36 auf S. 40): 1.d4 d5 2.e4 d:e4 3.Sc3 Sf6 4.f3 e:f3 5.D:f3 D:d4 6.Sb5 Db6 7.Le3 c5 8.Lf4 Sa6 9.a4 Dc6? 10.Sd6+! Kd8 11.S:f7+ Ke8 12.Lb5 1:0. Dr. W. Schweizer, " Rochade Europa ", 06/2003

Hello, First, my articles for Gambiteers and historians : Le gambit Humphrey Bogart - L'initiateur de 1.d4 Cf6 2.g4 !!? Le gambit Fajarowicz - 3...Ce4!? "le trouble-fête !" Le gambit Boden-Kieseritsky - 1.e4 e5 2.Fc4 Cf6 3.Cf3 Cxe4 Cc3 Le gambit Letton (1) - First Latvian Gambit World Championship Le gambit Letton (2) -First Latvian Gambit World Championship David Gedult - "Quel élève talentueux !" [Diemer] Part I and Part II of my article about Emil Diemer (1908-1990) and BDG : http://mjae.com/diemer1.html My article about Pierre Morra and Smith-Morra gambit : http://lebouquinoire.blog4ever.com/le-gambit-pierre-morra

Usually, when i play e4 and face 2 d5 i play 2 d4 heading to the BDG, but i saw this not too long ago and wondered if anyone has tried it before. Chess.com calls it the Leonhardt gambit, it's also called the Miese-Kotr...something gambit as well.

I took a look at the gambits that are played by some of the top grandmasters who favour gambits: Heikki Westerinen, Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez, David Bronstein, Michael Adams, Alexander Khalifman, Alexander Beliavsky, Alexei Shirov, Jonny Hector, Alexander Morozevich and Garry Kasparov. The gambits played by the most grandmasters were: 1.Queen's Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 - 9 GMs 2.Benko Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 - 7 GMs 3.QGD Semi-Slav Anti-Meran Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 - 7 GMs 4.King's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f4 - 5 GMs 5.Ruy Lopez Marshall Counter Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 - 5 GMs 6.Scandinavian Marshall Gambit 1.e4 d5 2.ed Nf6 - 4 GMs 7.French Winawer Maroczy variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 - 3 GMs 8.Vienna Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 - 3 GMs 9.Caro-Kann Panov 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cd cd 4.ed Nf6 - 3 GMs 10.Four Knights Marshall/Rubinstein 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 - 3 GMs

The basic idea is that White tries to drive the Black king towards the corner that is the same colour as his bishop.

Not too long ago, Cheers! Vote Chess Cafe scored a win with Romanian IM Cyprian Costica Nanu's rook sac line in the Sicilian Wing Gambit.

or someone 1900-1999 live. By partner I mainly mean someone to play againast and go over my game with afterwards and perhaps some occasional opening prep Im only askin here cause someone who plays gambits and/or has a aggressive style would be preferable for me. Im rated 1835 OTB any takers ?