Just learnt an anti-Gambit vs Queen's Gambit.

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MyBrainNeedsOil

But i don't know the name of this defense gambit.  Please share if you know the name.

MyBrainNeedsOil

Here is a more sophisticated variation:

MyDonutsAreGone

So basically trying the Jobava Londons attack but Queens Gambit?

MyBrainNeedsOil

The third and longest line.....There can be more variations. In general, the idea is that black should NOT play a6 to defend against white nb5 - nc7 attack. Instead Black will sacrifice its a-Rook for great positional advantage.

MyBrainNeedsOil
MyDonutsAreGone wrote:

So basically trying the Jobava Londons attack but Queens Gambit?

Not necessarily. If White doesn't attempt Nb5 attack, white is OK. But in that case White Bf4 doesn't pose any imminent threat, and it will be a desirable opening for black.

Che_ssdave

The gambit, I think, doesn't have a peculiar name but the opening is the Harrwitz Attack.

TwoMove

It's well-known that the most testing form of Bf4 Queen's gambit is after 1d4 d5 2c4 e6 3Nc3 Nf6

4Nf3 Be7 5Bf4

Black's is fine after 4Bf4 c5, and probably 4....d5xc4.

MyBrainNeedsOil
Che_ssdave wrote:

The gambit, I think, doesn't have a peculiar name but the opening is the Harrwitz Attack.

Right. So it looks like that 4.... c5 counter gambit is a good response against Harrwitz Attack.

MyBrainNeedsOil
TwoMove wrote:

It's well-known that the most testing form of Bf4 Queen's gambit is after 1d4 d5 2c4 e6 3Nc3 Nf6

4Nf3 Be7 5Bf4

Black's is fine after 4Bf4 c5, and probably 4....d5xc4.

That is the third variation i posted. The point is that white played Bf4 before Nf3 (which is called Harrwitz Attack, according to @Che_ssdave hereinabove). I always felt like that if white played 4.Bf4, black should play 4....a6 to stop white 5.Nb5 attack. What i learnt today is that white Nb5 attack can always be defended by counter-gambit 4...c5.

Matito757
Not 3: bf4?? But nf3.
Matito757
A more well known trap similar to this is after d4 d5 c4 e6 nc3 nf6 bg5 nbd7 cxd5 exd5 nxd5??
Thepasswordis1234

the bishop is worst on f4 in the queens gambit than it is on e3

MyBrainNeedsOil
Matito757 wrote:
Not 3: bf4?? But nf3.

that would become a different opening

MyBrainNeedsOil
Thepasswordis1234 wrote:

the bishop is worst on f4 in the queens gambit than it is on e3

be3 is actually worse than bf4, because it blocks your own e-pawn.

Computer says that bf4 is OK. A slightly better option is bg5 to pin the knight, but that is more defensive a move than offensive. So if white wants to play for win, it may choose bf4.

TwoMove

In top level chess Nc3, Nf3 and then 5Bf4 is more ambitious than the classic Bg5 because there are simplifying defenses like the Lasker, with Ne4, against Bg5.

Nc3 and 4Bf4 isn't very dangerous for black, even if white tries more solid tries than Nb5 which is outright refuted by Bb4ch.

adityasaxena4

QGD : Austrian Variation

ThrillerFan
Thepasswordis1234 wrote:

the bishop is worst on f4 in the queens gambit than it is on e3

No, not Be3, but rather, 4.Bg5! Another is 4.cxd5. And 3.Nc3, not 3.Bf4.

One other is 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3, leading to the Catalan.