SmyslovFan wrote:
Ubik42 wrote:
After
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
the only move for white that does NOT lose by force is 3. Be2
That was the subject of an April Fool's story in chessbase. I'm amazed at how many people actually believed it!
xD
King's Gambit Accepted?
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Atomic_Rift wrote:
SmyslovFan wrote:
Ubik42 wrote:
After
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
the only move for white that does NOT lose by force is 3. Be2
That was the subject of an April Fool's story in chessbase. I'm amazed at how many people actually believed it!
xD
beleived what? Nf3 and B somwhere are the only moves to prevent Qh4, or to allow Kf1 after Qh4
eragonfan125 wrote:
Atomic_Rift wrote:
SmyslovFan wrote:
Ubik42 wrote:
After
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
the only move for white that does NOT lose by force is 3. Be2
That was the subject of an April Fool's story in chessbase. I'm amazed at how many people actually believed it!
xD
beleived what? Nf3 and B somwhere are the only moves to prevent Qh4, or to allow Kf1 after Qh4
I know! I think it's funny that it was April Fool's Day and he thought they were fooling around when they were serious! xD
Is the best reply to BE7 H4?
eragonfan125 wrote:
Is the best reply to BE7 H4?
No, it creates big holes in White's kingside at g3 and g4 which Black can exploit with ...Nf6 and ...Nh5 and also by ...Bg4 (after ...d5 of course)
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tyrannymutation wrote:
eragonfan125 wrote:
Is the best reply to BE7 H4?
No, it creates big holes in White's kingside at g3 and g4 which Black can exploit with ...Nf6 and ...Nh5 and also by ...Bg4 (after ...d5 of course)
So what can prevent Bh4?
Yep, true enough.
pfren wrote:
You don't have to prevent Bh4+. If you are afraid of such checks, then you are playing the wrong opening.
Your 4.h4 is a positional lemon of the first degree, Black has a big advantage after 4...Nf6 or 4...d5.
@eragonfan125 instead of preventing ...Bh4+ White's best is 4. Bc4, which allows him to respond to ...Bh4+ with Kf1. Instead of ...Bh4+ Black will often play 4...Nf6 instead.
Or you can always play that 3-Pawn Gambit thing (like Morphy always did).
AndyClifton wrote:
Or you can always play that 3-Pawn Gambit thing (like Morphy always did).
Yeah I didn't want to get it into that but rather keep it simple. For the benefit of eragonfan125 the 3-pawn gambit variation is as follows:
THX
What about 3. Be7 4. d4 Bh4 5. Nxh4 Qxh4? I've always wondered what to do in that case...
@luisrosdo if you are white you should prevent that position and dont make it happen in the first place.
if your black,
it can be:
g3 fxg3
hxg3 Qxh1
or it can be
g3 fxg3
Bc4 g2+
Ke2 gxh1=Q
@noleryer why what did Robert say?
He doesn't really know. He just likes saying that.
Did anyone hear that Fischer busted the King's Gambit?
Moving the knight all the way to f3? Gets me tired just thinking about it.
How about e2 instead? Closer.