New Gambit Found!

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1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.fxe4!?

I have been working on a new gambit that as far as I can tell has never been explored or named. A few people may have fallen into it mistakenly in the database but I see the potential for something good here.

 

For now I wish to call it the Lemur Gambit, or the Blackmar-Lemur Gambit.

 

With 4.fxe4 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3, borrowing an idea from the Stafford Gambit, we reach a position where I believe White has sacrificed their pawn under more favorable circumstances. Note - a knight that normally defends the Black king is traded with a queenside knight that often does not participate in the attack. White's d-pawn which is often the subject of counterplay for Black has been shored up. And while we have the same initiative as the Stafford, we have an extra f-file to work with which makes it extremely hard to defend.

Bogo style defenses tend to be totally inadequate in this line.
 

An important declination. 4...e5 is critical. I misplayed my first attempt at it. 5.Bc4 was an idea from the Caro-Kann Fantasy that made sense at the time but 5.Nc3 was much better.

 

I'll have more to add on this. I have some important variations to cover. For posterity I'm just putting it all here.

-BEES-

The fun killer:

After taking on e4 Black can simply move the knight back to f6 to avoid this variation. As far as I can tell, there is little better for White than simply playing Nf3 and going for a regular BDG after this.

However, this move order does prevent the O'Kelly Defense and the Lembergher Defense, which are two of the biggest problems White faces, so it is a victory in some ways. If it can be shown that White has something better against 6...g6 by playing Bc4 or Bg5 before Nf3 then this could be a major theoretical breakthrough for the whole Blackmar complex--as much as Diemer's 3.Nc3 was. If not, then oh well, it's a surprise weapon to add to the collection.

Ultraman81

Cool! Thanks for sharing. happy.png

ThePawnSlayer

Good lab research! Looks interesting. I will probably try this myself!

spurtus

thank you - currently grinding the ryder 

 

enKilleSpelar

Hmmm... Very interesting and well done analysis. I MUST try this opening!!!

hangemhigh

Looks like total garbage. I will be trying it sometime.