Are there any gambits where you sack a piece?

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AhmedAryan

The Irish gambit just loses.

 
 

You have to play it like a Halloween gambit.

AhmedAryan

The Mcdonnell Gambit (from the King's gambit and not Bishop's opening) is another way to sacrifice the knight on f3

I litteraly know nothing about this gambit.

The Jerome gambit is a far less sound gambit.

White is going to be able to win one of their pieces back. The main line is to play Qh5. You have to play very aggressively in this gambit. This gambit used to be very popular until they found solid ways to defend against it.

AhmedAryan
GYG wrote:
AhmedAryan wrote:

Reverse Halloween gambit, and the Damiano gambit.

These are the only two gambits I know of in which a piece is sacrificed (as part of the defining moves of the gambit) and yet the position is still fully objectively sound.

All the other piece gambits I can think of range from dubious to losing, not that it matters for practical play.

Edit: there's also the fried liver attack, which I forgot about.

Caro-kann caveman variation rook sacrifice is a complete win, if you're looking for unequal positions. And I mean a win for the player doing the sacrifice. All the other gambits I put in that post are equal. The Muzio gambit, however, has some imbalances, so I can see how it could also lose for white in the gambit. However, if your opponent accepts every sacrifice you're winning.

Sea_TurtIe

most sound piece sacks???

here it is

OPEN RUY LOPEZ, KARPOV VARIATIOn (ik its ruy lopez very scary so much theory waa waa)

you also have the halloween variation of the 4 knights (semi sound) and the muzio gambit (semi sound)

Sea_TurtIe
AhmedAryan wrote:

The Mcdonnell Gambit (from the King's gambit and not Bishop's opening) is another way to sacrifice the knight on f3

I litteraly know nothing about this gambit.

The Jerome gambit is a far less sound gambit.

White is going to be able to win one of their pieces back. The main line is to play Qh5. You have to play very aggressively in this gambit. This gambit used to be very popular until they found solid ways to defend against it.

AhmedAryan
Sea_TurtIe wrote:
AhmedAryan wrote:

The Mcdonnell Gambit (from the King's gambit and not Bishop's opening) is another way to sacrifice the knight on f3

I litteraly know nothing about this gambit.

The Jerome gambit is a far less sound gambit.

White is going to be able to win one of their pieces back. The main line is to play Qh5. You have to play very aggressively in this gambit. This gambit used to be very popular until they found solid ways to defend against it.

Read what's under the board.

"White is going to be able to win one of their pieces back. The main line is to play Qh5. You have to play very aggressively in this gambit. This gambit used to be very popular until they found solid ways to defend against it."

AhmedAryan

We got the gambit that doesn't have a name.

ChessIsFun314159

Have any of you seen ChessBrah's Jerome gambit video? It's funny!

Poweranony

In the four knights with g3, there is a line where black sacrifices a knight on e4 into a probably reversed halloween gambit (doesn't have actually a name) and it's actually decent for black.

Normally in the halloween gambit black goes with the knight to g6, but white here can't go with the knight to g3 so it's basically an improved version of the halloween gambit. 
The engine evaluation is about +0.2 if white gives back the knight (which is white's best choice)
Poweranony

If white tries to keep the knight in this reversed halloween gambit:

JogoReal

The Bishop has been there in the g4 square as an opening gambit in the Spanish Opening, Exchange Variation. You take it or not?

Refrigerator321

This exchange sacrifice is actually playable for black

I don't know what it's called

JogoReal
PotatoesAndChess escreveu:

This exchange sacrifice is actually playable for black

I don't know what it's called

• Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Polerio Defense. Bogoljubow Variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3