Right now, my go-to defense against 1. e4 is the Caro Kann. Of course, being less than focused in my studies of the defense, I occasionally search the databases for less than pragmatic variations. One of those is Scandinvian GM's pet variation, the Hector Gambit. There aren't many games in the database employing the line (1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ng5) other than Hector's. Many of them lead to tense, but familiar middlegame positions that rapidly lead to trades and winning endgames for Hector. The following game, however, is a short and sweet example of a king side attack.
Right now, my go-to defense against 1. e4 is the Caro Kann. Of course, being less than focused in my studies of the defense, I occasionally search the databases for less than pragmatic variations. One of those is Scandinvian GM's pet variation, the Hector Gambit. There aren't many games in the database employing the line (1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ng5) other than Hector's. Many of them lead to tense, but familiar middlegame positions that rapidly lead to trades and winning endgames for Hector. The following game, however, is a short and sweet example of a king side attack.