Yep, by saying that gambit's are useless you are now getting ratioed by around 60 people that all have won some of the BEST games they have ever had by using gambits..
gambits are stupid
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Dec 22, 2023
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gambits aren't dumb, but a lot of them are, and a lot of youtubers push bad gambits out to their audience.
As soon as I have time I'll take a good look at it. Thank you so much
Dec 22, 2023
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#85
That odd idea of playing a4 and lifting the Rook to the King's side comes up in other openings, such as the Drunken Knight Gambit.
B1ZMARK wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised if some of my analysis isn't fully correct since it's been over a year and a half since I last touched the gambit, and I'm writing it from memory, so if anything seems wrong let me know
No it all looks pretty good. I can fill in the Alekhine variation theory as I looked into that when you mentioned it and it looks brutal to navigate as Black.
B1ZMARK wrote:
Chessflyfisher wrote:
We have a new policy to root out unsound gambits. When a new player wants to join our club, they must sign a a 5 page questionaire concerning what openings/defenses they will play. I have a committee that evaluates the answers and, if approved, that player goes onto the next step in being permitted to play at our club. Many have cursed at me and leveled obscenities in their disgust at the way we do things but gambits will not "poison our blood"!
whoever downvoted this gem deserves to get their forum privileges revoked
I will forgive them after they do penance.
Dec 22, 2023
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#88
Ethan_Brollier wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
I wouldn't be surprised if some of my analysis isn't fully correct since it's been over a year and a half since I last touched the gambit, and I'm writing it from memory, so if anything seems wrong let me know
No it all looks pretty good. I can fill in the Alekhine variation theory as I looked into that when you mentioned it and it looks brutal to navigate as Black.
My book on the budapest by Tim Taylor recommends not immediately recapturing e5 and instead playing ...h5, which leads to weird games (and are usually objectively worse for black, but they ARE fun)
Anyways i only know that I play h5 there, and not much else.
The Erbenheimer Gambit: The tenth hardest gambit to win with but with a nice trap. The win rate is at 67% out of 826 games on Lichess
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Englund gambit basically makes the opponent confused
Dec 28, 2023
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#92
Alexander29114 wrote:
Englund gambit basically makes the opponent confused
Only if your opponent was BORN confused.
Nobody plays the englund only weird people do it
I DONT RHINK. SO