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DarthMusashi
May 11, 2013
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This message on the Falcon Wing Gambit was posted on the
Yahoo Unorthodox Chess Chess Openings Newsgroup on
Sept 22, 2011. The moves are 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 b5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last nite while I was still half asleep I envisioned a new gambit in the Bishops Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4. What happens if I play 2...b5 sacrificing the b pawn like in a wing gambit. The accepted line would go 3.Bxb5 Nf6 attacking the e pawn 4.Nc3 guarding the e pawn. 4...Bb2 again attacking the e pawn. 5.d3 guarding the e pawn. 5...Bc5 preparing to castle
kingside. 6.Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 c6 and if 8.Bc4 or Ba4 8...d5 a thrust down the middle.

The question is where will the Black Q be placed. I could place it at b6 like in the Polish Sicilian Gambit or at e7 to support the pawn thrust down the middle of the board. In theory it seems that this could work however I will have to test it against my chess engine Firefly 2350 or in blitz games or run a chess engine tournament to test the line.

I thought about a name for this new gambit and since it is a wing gambit I named it the Falcon Wing Gambit.

I compiled a chess database of 335 games plus 1 analysis line
called Falcon1.pgn and posted the games in the files section at the Yahoo Unorthodox Chess Openings Newsgroup,
 
I also played 2 test blitz games with the "Falcon Wing Gambit". This opening is not new. It dates back to the 1850's at the time of Adolf Anderssen. And when I checked my own games there were 6 games with this gambit. These games date back to 1998 when I first played them.
 
See sample games below:
 
Adolf Anderssen played 3 games. 1 win 2 losses
 
[Event "2"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mongredien, Augustus"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1851.??.??"]
[Source "www.chesslib.no"]
[SourceDate "2003.12.02"]
 
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 b5 3. Bxb5 f5 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. exf5 Bb7 7. f3 Bd6 8. Ne2 Na6 9. Qe3+ Kf7 10. Qb3+ Bd5 11. Bc4 c6 12. Bxd5+ Nxd5 13. O-O Re8 14. Qc4 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Re5 16. Bf4 Rxe2 17. Bxd6 Rae8 18. Nc3 Rxc2 19. Qh4 Kg8 20. Ne4 Ne3 21. Qh5 Qd8 22. Ng5 h6 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. f6 Nf5 25. fxg7+ Nxg7 26. Qb3 Qxg5 27. Qxc2 Nf5 28. f4 Qh5 29. Be5+ Kh7 30. a3 1-0
 
[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1856.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dufresne, Jean"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1856.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]
 
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 b5 3. Bxb5 c6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Kf8 9. Bd2 Qa5 10. a4 a6 11. Nf3 axb5 12. Nxe5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. f4 bxa4 15. O-O a3 16. c4 a2 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Nf6 19. Bc3 Nc6 20. d4 Bf5 21. d5
Ne4 22. Qb3 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 24. Qb2 Nc2 25. Nc6 Qc5 26. Rxa2 Re8 27. Ra5 Qd6 28. Bxg7+ Kg8 29. Bxh8 f6 30. Ne5 fxe5 31. Bxe5 Qh6 32. Rf3 Ne1 33. Ra7 Nxf3 34. gxf3 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Nh5 36. Qg2+ Bg6 37. d6 Nxf4 0-1
 
Listed below are my 2 recent test games with this gambit.
 
[Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2011.09.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Otto1871"]
[Black "DarthMusashi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator "Falcon Wing Gambit"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.09.24"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
 
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 b5 3. Bxb5 c6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 Bd6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Bf3 Bc7 14. Re1 Re8 15. Nb3 a6 16. Nc5 Bc6 17. b3 e4 18. dxe4 Qd6 19. e5 Rxe5 20. Nd3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Re8 23. Qxe8+ Nxe8 24. Ke2 Nf6 {3:51-2:40} 0-1
 
[Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2011.09.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ranger64"]
[Black "DarthMusashi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "1951"]
[Annotator "Falcon Wing Gambit"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.09.24"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
 
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 b5 3. Bxb5 c6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Re1 Bc7 11. d4 d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd4 Qxe5 15. g3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Rxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4 Be6 20. Bb3 Bb6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Nd7 23. Rxc6 Rf8 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Re6 Ng4 26. Kg2 Nxf2 {? better was 26...Bxf2 threatening Ne3+ winning the White R} 27. Rxb6 axb6 28. Rxf2 Ra8 29. a3 Rc8 30. Kf1 Rd8 31. Ke1 g5 32. Rd2 Re8+ 33. Kd1 Re6 34. c4 Kf7 35. b4 Re3 36. a4 Rc3 37. Rc2 Rb3 38. c5 Rxb4 39. c6 Rd4+ 40. Ke2 Rd8 41. c7 Rc8 42. Rc6 Ke7 43. Rxb6 h5 44. Rc6 Kd7 45. Rc5 Rxc7 46. Rxc7+  Kxc7 47. Ke3 {time} 1-0
 
Best Regards
DarthMusashi

 
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