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hello Gang, here is a position, that arised in one of my team matches. I thought about this position for a while, thinking there was a sacrifice playable... I chose 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rxe6 believing that my lead in development would be strong, but there was a really good sacrifice possible. Can you find it? (I lost the game later blundering :( ... )

Was cruising through our Team Matches and found the Blackmar-Diemers Gambit game. We've been talking about the BDG so I thought I'd post it up.

Taken from the recent UCO yahoogroup. There is also a Budapest gambit game at the bottom.. it wasn't in PGN view though. (1) RickB (1976) - wizofoz (1567)ICC Internet Chess ClubRickB vs. wizofoz (12/15/2008) Budapest: Fajarowicz variation (A51)3/2 BlitzI hate what 3 minute blitz does to my chess but I continue to play itcompulsively. I am hooked on the action and promise of a new game so quicklyafter all my blunders.1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5Many consider the Budapest straight up busted. I enjoy the Black side becauseof the tricky move orders and attacking chances.3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 b6!The obituary for the Budapest supposedly starts with 4. a3 preventing the Bb4manuever common in most variations. However, complicated move orders stemmingfrom b6 give Black plenty of play.5.Qc2 Bb7I am far more afraid of the variations that allow Black Bb4 and involve lots ofexchanges on d2 coupled with g3. Its easy for Black to end up a pawn down withlittle to show for it. Qc2 gives Black a variety of attacking options and doesnothing to force exchanges.6.Nf3 a5Grabbing space on the queenside and discouraging any early pawn thrusts fromWhite. Also giving potential luft to the a8 rook and/or a jump to a6 for theb8 knight. My plan here (as in almost every Budapest I play) is to castlequeenside, keep the pieces on, and attack the white kingside.7.Nc3? Nxc3Here we go with the move order tricks. 8. Qxc3 is not possible¦..Bb4! 9. axb4axb4 10 Qxb4 Rxa1. 7. Nbd2 avoids all of this.8.bxc3 Na6Spoiler Alert! This knight will deliver mate in 20 moves.9.Bf4 h6 10.e3 g5I've been thinking kingside pawn storm since move 2 and this gives me ajumpstart with tempo gain.11.Bg3 h5Played instantly. Nothing else considered. I remember some annotations to aShirov game that stated " Nothing is expected of Shirov here except the push ofthe pawn ". Patient Fritz liked 11 ... Nc5 first.12.h4 g4 13.Nd4 Bc5Hmmm, I always struggle to find a home for the dark bishop in the Budapest. Hehas a nice view of the king from c5 and I further mock Whites lack of a b pawn.I also take away a good square for my knight. Be7 keeps my Queen stuck on d8and further delays my stubborn plan of a queenside castle. Fritz was stilllobbying for Nc5.14.a4?A colossal waste of time. White has to get an attack going or at least forcesome exchanges before every Black piece is aimed at his king. If White isworried about Qe7, 14. Nf5 is a more active way to stop it.14 a4 Qe7 15.Rd1 0-0-0 16.Nf5 Qe6By delaying Nf5 till after Blacks castle, White allows the Queen to go to e6instead of getting buried on f8 after 15. Nf5. White has missed opportunitiesto make Blacks development awkward, now piece activity and king safety start towork for Black. The early pawn sac looks to be worth it now.17.e4 f6!Pitching another pawn to put some heat on the uncastled king.18.exf6? Qxf6??The point of 17 ... f6 should have been that 18. exf6 loses to Bxe4!I blindly blitzed down a different path.19.Bd3 Nb8White is far away from being able to attack my kingso I figured I had time to bring in reinforcements.20.0-0 Nc6 21.Bf4 Rhg8I am more interested in pointing this rookat the king than I am in preventing Bg5.22.Qd2 Ne5Plotting the coming exchange sac.23.Bg5 Qe6 24.Bxd8 Kxd8I am more than happy to trade my least active piece for a key defender.24. Nd4 makes Black job much more difficult.24 ... Bxd4 25. cxd4 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxe4 looks about equal.25.Rfe1??Whites sense of danger has abandoned him, the end comes quickly now.Kh1 was necessary.Not 25. Ng3?? Nf3! 26. PxN PxP and the Queen goes decisively to h3.25 ... g3 26.Nxg3 Rxg3 27.Qe2 Qh3! 28.Qf1 Nf3#0-1 RickB resigns.Royally smothered. It didn't get any easier for RickB in our next game.

Hi just a note to introduce myself I live in Edinburgh the capital of Scotland, and I love playing chess and this has to be the best chess site I have come across I thought your group sounded like a lot of fun and would compliment my on style I like to put the boot in as fast as I can I also like to sacrifice pieces and pawns and the odd queen when appropriate I have made plenty of errors in my calculations in plenty of games but it has help me to win some to. I learnt the moves of chess from my big brother when I was about ten but never took it up till in my twenties when a guy I worked with offered to show me how to play proper we would even go into our work early before we were due to start and we played our games, we played for months before I even got close to a win and that first succsess was a stalemate it felt like a win to me but a real win was not far behind And my friend and I joined a chess club stayed there for about two seasons and I then got married and drifted away from playing chess for more than twenty years I used to play online but had a hunger for a game over the board so seeked out my nearest chess club that was Musselburgh sent an email to the team captain and got a warm welcome to come and play and like the club so joined the club and I am still there today after a couple of years, great game the game of chess. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here is a recent game I played in the Live Room. It was a 10 10 timed game with an opponent practically my equal (points wise). He suprised me a little bit with the Dutch Defense but I think I surprised him even more with the Staunton Gambit! I think I've tried this gambit a couple of times before. The only difference this time is that I have played the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit a few times and felt a bit more comfortable with the position. What's funny is that in Chess.com's opening explorer they call this gambit, Blackmar's Second Gambit. I did all the text but Rybka 3 blunder checked it and I used MegaDatabase 2007 for an opening reference.

We still need 4 more players to start this tournament against Chess Unlimited. Click on the 'team matches' link in the Group's main window. Thx and good luck! Boog.

I'm about to challenge the Bird's Opening team to a mini-tournament. So get your From's ready but also prepare to play some 1.f4 games as well.

The King's Gambit mini team match has started. If you like the Kings Gambit please register for the match. Space is limited.. only 5 people will be playing.

Where does everyone get their favorite Gambit related info? I personally research unorthodox gambits at Chessville.com. Mainly Clyde Nakamura's gambits. I also find many interesting Gambits at the Unorthodox Chess Openings yahoo group. Oh.. and Wikipedia also has some interesting articles on Gambits. Where do you find your info?

This gambit was played in the very strong group A of the Corus Tournament. Its very exciting and fun to run through. Not often will you see this type of play at such high levels. Anyone know the name of this gambit?

Hello Everyone, I was thinking of starting up a second internal tournament and challenging the King's Gambit team. Maybe 5-10 people for the internal tournament and 5 for the team challenge. If you're interested in any of these please respond to this post or message me directly. The group has grown a lot these past few weeks and there has been a lot of great discussions here in the forum. Lets keep it up guys! Right now we are the #1 gambit team on Chess.com. Good job! Boog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9B_kd-9Kik Boog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FO2cIlD9Rs Boog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp4tyi8qd90 Boog

Plus some lines and variations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_nyjLp75aE Boog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8SEGaEdV5k Boog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEl-pn0UvCQ Boog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAUjAuv1L7E Boog

A nice intro video to the Danish Gambit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCP9hgqOk6E

I dont even know wheter its a gambit or not, but i sure liked the attack!