Gambits

   My Favorite Chess Gambit is the King's Gambit Declined. I rarely take the Gambit pawn, and usually get a good game.

   I belong to Yahoo Group--BrianWallChess--which often studies bizarre and interesting chess openings and themes like this.

   (Martin Deschner)

guys every gambit is fine only when you play them to playes with a more positional nature. e.g. when i was about 10 ( now I am 16) used to play all the gambits of the world only to get a fearsome attack even if it cost me 2 pieces sometimes . Of course as I grew up I stopped playing these "dubious" ( of course they are not)  openings as the others would beat me because they would know 10 moves-deep theory.... So don't hesitate playing a gambit against a non-experianced or a more positional minded player when you know its theory well (say 12-15 moves deep) as they will help you develop your attacking skills and calculating skill. Gambits should be advised to young players for those 2 reasons. By the way my favorite gambits are:

1) The Morra (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3)

2) The King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4)

3) The BDG ( I DNT REMEMBER ITS FULL NAME AFTER 5 YEARS.... 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 or 1...d5 2.e4)

4) The Evan's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4)

5) The Latvian Gambit ( or reverse King's Gambit  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5)

   Thanks for all the interesting comments. The ultimate Gambit has to be Reti's Double Rook sacrifice--which he won! Be sure to check out BrianWallChess on groups.yahoo.com.

That would be the Blackmar-Deimar Gambit if I'm not mistaken.

   Yes, Estragon. Gambits can be in the middle game, also. I've seen lots of sacs in the middle game that were as good or better than opening gambits.

   Won another tough game today against a man from Portugal, playing the Black side of the King's Gambit Declined. Great Opening Variation! Strong play by both sides today!