Best chess gambit?

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Kings-Slave

guys what would you say is the best chess gambit?

For beginners i would say fried liver is a good one

I also like evans gambit and the scotch gambit

If you like positonal play and king safety, I highly recommend queens gambit

ThrillerFan
Kings-Slave wrote:

guys what would you say is the best chess gambit?

For beginners i would say fried liver is a good one

I also like evans gambit and the scotch gambit

If you like positonal play and king safety, I highly recommend queens gambit

First off, the Queen's Gambit is not a real gambit.

Second, gambits suck. I can only think of a few that I ever wind up in, and in legitimate, over the board play, I only play them from the side receiving the material. They would be:

Cochrane Gambit - 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7? Kxf7 advantage Black

Milner-Barry Gambit - 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3?! cxd4 slight advantage Black

Kings Gambit - 1.e4 e5 2.f4?! and now 2...Bc5 is already equal while 2...d5, 2...exf4 3.Nf3 g5, 2...exf4 3.Nf3 d5, and 2.exf4 3.Bc4 d5 are all advantage Black

Danish Gambit - 1.e4 e5 2.d4?! exd4 3.c3 dxc3 (3...d5 is strong too) 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 d5! 6.Bxd5 Nf6 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qxd8 Bb4+ 9.Qd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 and White has nothing.

These are about the only 4 I play regularly, and only play them from the Black side pretty much in the move order given above. Gambits are not good!

The only gambit I occasionally play where I would be the one giving up the pawn is From's Gambit - 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Nf6 (4...g5 is busted).

Only gambit I ever wind up on the White side of is the Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5? 2.dxe5 advantage White).

Henson_Chess

Gambits aren't like, great, for pumping that rating, and if the opps know the counter, you're automatically at a disadvantage from the get-go. (QG does not count, not a real gambit, like how Pluto isn't a real planet)

However, for beginners/lower-rated players, gambits are FANTASTIC. It helps them understand how to balance valuing material vs rapid development/activity. And people in that rating range usually don't know the refutation of the gambit, so you'll mostly be fine. 
King's Gambit, Vienna Gambit*, Danish Gambit, even the Benko. If you're 1000-1300 range I think many of these are fine ways to add to the repertoire. Probably be prepared to lose some games but when it works out it will feel unbelievable.

Harry_PotterHead

I think Queen's Gambit is considered one of the best gambits for white, and also you can consider the London system which is a great opening in my opinion. I mostly play the London system in Blitz and Rapid matches, not in bullet because you can't handle London with very fast moves, not for London I will say for every Gambits or Opening !! But practice makes you perfect !!

Kings-Slave
Harry_PotterHead wrote:

I think Queen's Gambit is considered one of the best gambits for white, and also you can consider the London system which is a great opening in my opinion. I mostly play the London system in Blitz and Rapid matches, not in bullet because you can't handle London with very fast moves, not for London I will say for every Gambits or Opening !! But practice makes you perfect !!

thanks bro, will learn

Kings-Slave
Henson_Chess wrote:

Gambits aren't like, great, for pumping that rating, and if the opps know the counter, you're automatically at a disadvantage from the get-go. (QG does not count, not a real gambit, like how Pluto isn't a real planet)

However, for beginners/lower-rated players, gambits are FANTASTIC. It helps them understand how to balance valuing material vs rapid development/activity. And people in that rating range usually don't know the refutation of the gambit, so you'll mostly be fine. 
King's Gambit, Vienna Gambit*, Danish Gambit, even the Benko. If you're 1000-1300 range I think many of these are fine ways to add to the repertoire. Probably be prepared to lose some games but when it works out it will feel unbelievable.

thanks!

punchdrunkpatzer

i play ...1.c5 in response to d4 in fast time controls to coax my opponents into the Benko Gambit. It's a wild opening wherein black attempts to sacrifice 1 pawn for a powerful fianchetto bishop and rook activity on the a and b rank. Activity is paramount in the Benko. It's not sound, but also not a bad opening at all.

I've won a ton of really fun games stemming from the fully-accepted variation.