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King Pawn Counter-Gambits

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Poketo
Aug 6, 2011
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For the people flaming saying "Gambits are stupid", "you shouldn't play this or that", this isn't your thread (weaknesses to watch out for is acceptable).

I want to know some ideas of what to play in games where I can throw a pawn away in an opening and let it show advantage, and I have found lines for every situation except when playing against a king pawn opening.

The openings I've been looking at:

I personally trust myself a pawn down and want to know what more can be done to use openings like this efficiently.  Are there any good lines for countergambits like these, and what can I look forward to avoid king pawn with out defences like Caro-Kahn, French, Sicilian, etc.
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Conquistador
Aug 6, 2011
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#2

You should not play the Latvian Gambit unless you like to defend a pawn down endgame without compensation.

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DrSpudnik
Aug 6, 2011
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#3

The phrase "throw a pawn away" says it all. An opening gambit isn't "throwing a pawn away." Agitation for the sake of agitation isn't intelligent chess playing. Just make good, solid moves until White makes a bad move. Otherwise, the game's a draw, and that's OK too.

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cornedbeefhashvili
Aug 7, 2011
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#4

Basically, anything below master is playable. And the shorter the time control, pretty much anything can go.