A few recent gambit games

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StrategicusRex

Here's a few recent games with a buddy of mine that I managed to win.  He is a true gambiteer.  Every game I've played with him has been a gambit of some sort with me on the receiving end.  These are some that I won.  I've lost plenty of them as well.Cool

 

 

First up is a From Gambit game!  I love to play the Bird opening and I was fully expecting the From Gambit from him when I played it.  As I thought, he played it and I just happened to pull out a win!

 

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This next one is another From game.  In this one, he played a new variation and it took me 3 games to work out what looked like a good response to it.  Enjoy!
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This next game is a Benko game!  I haven't played against the Benko very much, but I've won most of my games against it.  This was definitely one of my better ones.
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Here's a Blackmar-Diemer game where I came back after a mistake early on.  I may have had a bishop against a rook, but my passed pawns helped to seal the win!
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