Halloween gambit

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jcidus

It's the most entertaining opening I've ever played in my life.

I studied it deeply for years, but in the end, everything is forgotten if you don't practice.

There was a "refutation" line that was played against me in a blitz game by IM Christof Sielecki, a great opening theoretician, and honestly, it caught me off guard

I didn’t know it.

I'm going to show it and what I think the white pieces should play:

the move 10 Na4 to fight that bishop and allow for a quick kingside castle.

The position still remains slightly better for Black

no doubt it's a very strong line that Black should definitely study to counter the Halloween Gambit.

sansuk

In my opinion the strongest continuation in this variation is 10.Na4 Re8+ 11.Be2 Bb4+ 12.c3 Bd6! which was winning for Black in Keiser-Hoynck, 2005, 0-1 (55)