TVC in Cochrane Gambit

Our first TVC game will be on the Cochrane Gambit. I have issued a challenge against Chess Etiquette and 'Vote Chess Masters where we will be playing the white pieces. Once they accept the challenge, I'll issue another one with us playing the black pieces.

The Cochrane Gambit is a sharp line in the normally staid Petroff's Defence with 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 4 Nxf7!? - an idea that stunned the chess world not only when it was first played in 1848, but also when Veselin Topalov resurrected it again in 1999 against Vladimir Kramnik at Linares. A swashbuckler by nature, 19th-century Scottish master John Cochrane (1798 - 1878) - who is also associated with the confusing naming history of the Scotch Game - was the epitome of the early romantic era of chess, and his legacy lives on through the centuries with his daring tactical idea that survives un-refuted to this day. The Cochrane Gambit involves the gambit of a knight as early as move four to lure out the opponent's king in a complex board full of pieces, whilst pushing forward in the center with a mobile armada of pawns.

Wow this line is very insteresting. Never seen it before. Yet by the looks of its pritty agressive play. Here's my analize on this Opening i know nothing mch about it outside of what sollevy10 just told me yet I dont see much point of the gambit if all you get somesort of attack that doesnt realy go anywere and might only work in bullet in bliz. I wouldnt dare try this in long games unless im good at this sacrifice line and know more about it. So Sollvey are there any games good games with this gambit line? showing probaly how aggresive it might be. I dont realy see much effect with Knight takes f7 pawn.

I took a good look at this gambit at the game explorer it has an admazing remarkable win result. As for it isnt very drawish gambit. Nigal Short played this gambit and a few other very remarkable players I was analizing there games. I couldnt realy understandard there weird plans and stradgys cause there moves were very agressive and weird and not understandable so i took a look at a game played by 2300s vs. 2300s more easer to understandard. Aparently the gambit works like this. 2 pawns for the knight. Yet white gains the lovely center. And black has to move his King into a good defencive position. Very insteresting gambit I have to say I realy look foward beating another group with this gambit line.  Yes the Center is a big part of this gambit.

Topalov played it in a long game against Kramnik.The cochrane is just a fitting Game 1 for the group to show why we are called the Gambit Lines. Many untitled players, not you of course because you are a GM, are discouraging gambit openings because they do not want to see any negative number on their openings, like in the Cochrane where after Nxf7, they are all of a sudden getting -1.24.

Actually, one of the objectives of this group is to remove that negative notion about gambit openings. Due to the growing influence of computer chess, the level of excitement in chess that humans play is decreasing. t is seldom now that you would see exciting plays in tournaments. players are scared of making a minor mistake which is usually punished severely when an opponent you don't see check his portable device for the correct move.

In the Cochrane, the group will understand the basic chess principles about active pieces, rapid piece development, importance of center pawns, and understand why philidor said pawns are the soul of chess.

Hey, sollvey im going to go try this gambit in some bullet chess for an agressive position. I relized that Bullet chess is about aggressive attacks in the game even though its based on one minute its incredible insteresting. Yah also had the same thing with computer I wish they didnt exist in the world. My dad is always talking about the time of chess when kasporv and Karpov were killing the crap out of each other. Chess was one of the most insteresting games back then. Until computers came in chess might not be as popular. Well I have a good thing about this gambit and if my opponenet doesnt know how to defend very well I will squach him.

IMO, it depends on how we view computers in chess. The problem today is humans are not proactive with technological advancement. For instance, in online chess, everybody says I don't use a computer and I don't cheat. Although we know that that is not true especially for many above the 1900s going up, and as the ratings go up, so as the prevalent computer usage. Humans are in denial especially in online chess.

However the real truth is even if you use a computer playing someone in the 2300 to 2400 ratings, your computer will still have difficulty because you are playing against one who has a computer like you do. With both have the capability to iterate moves based on the search algorithms that you also have. The computer comes up with alternative moves with values that are not too different from one another. It is the human player who decides what is the better continuation where chess strategy becomes vital. Humans strategize in games, while the computer iterates only. you can't ask the computer to play your strategy or to come up with one.

So until we accept this reality that chess is better played computer-aided now, to level the playing field, that is, chess will not achieve its true popularity/excitement potentials or humans will continue to be pretentious, and everyday we take a bite off the forbidden fruit.

It's better for humans to come out now in the open and play real chess, the way the higher rated ones play online. One of these days, we can probably issue a challenge against a computer to play in a gambit opening on which our group is very familiar with to prove this point.

Iterations only prevent blunders but strategies win the game. Humans will only lose to a computer due to our blunders.

Very offensive like style and the idea to control the center by sacrificing the White knight, is perfectly striking! I start to a little better understand, the whole of the moves, but the white are always on the wire of the razor, and yet 2 pawns for a knight, and a black King in the obligation to leave without O-O, functions! The 5 parts which I could see quickly have always to give the advantage to the white. The King in medium of part is often blocked towards the wing of the Queen… Phieuw! It is true that one loses his Latin! But this strategy gives me memories of parts with an uncle Slave, when I had one ten years of age! Yes I would wish really to join you in this project. In a friendly way 

Thank you Phillippe. Your statement seems like it's coming from the heart, it's poetic and filled with emotions and all i can say is wow! 

Superb! Video and musics. But as much of wink with the chess play and splendid queen as the Woman in all her splendors! I am also in relation to Pogonina, and Chess queen. I like, Those which are beautiful: The chess plate, queens, above and outwards! That lives our passions. Thank you solevy10 for this comfort and pleasures for the Eyes.