negative4elo wrote:
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The Quagmire Gambit, it's a variation of the "Queens Gambit Accepted, Central Variation, Alekhine System' that gambits the e4 pawn with knight f3.
The idea is that when black takes on e4 you take on c4 with your bishop. You can turn this in to the Quagmire Trap if black plays bishop g4, pinning your knight to your queen. I've included a puzzle here if you want to figure it out by yourself.
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You play knight to e5, <in levi rosman voice> SACRIFICING THE QUEEN! So that when black gets greedy and takes on d1, you take on f7 with the bishop, checkmating black.
This is the definition of hope chess: Even a dummy would easily see that 5...Bg4? is an elementary blunder because of 6.Bxf7+ (why should 6.Ne5 be better? Black's position is surely enough a mess after the forced 6...Be6, but white isn't winning outright, as is the case after 6.Bxf7+).
If Black does not fall for this cheapo and play a normal move like 5...e6 or 5...g6, white will be struggling to find compensation for the pawn.
The Quagmire Gambit, it's a variation of the "Queens Gambit Accepted, Central Variation, Alekhine System' that gambits the e4 pawn with knight f3.
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