2 years later, I finally used this gambit that’s been in the back of my head for a while. I won the game, even though they didn’t fall for the trap.
I was happy to read this. It was awesome to hear that this stuck with you for so long haha
I still use this as well, by the way!
I still use this as well, by the way!
It's awesome that you guys are still circulating it. If they were to actually out a name on it in the database I would lose my mind
Honestly, 4.b4 makes no sense. Either 4...b5 or even 4...d5 should be fine for Black.
Can't black just trade knights before accepting the pawn?
Yeah, he could, but the point is a lot of players get greedy and don't think about the threat of checkmate if they take the pawn believing that they can just trade knights and escape. If that were to happen though, the game would just proceed with white in a perfectly fine position
Honestly, 4.b4 makes no sense. Either 4...b5 or even 4...d5 should be fine for Black.
I mean, you could say a lot of things don't make sense in chess. There are certainly things the player can do to equalize, but that's true for basically all openings. It's just something you can do as a fun trap to try and catch your opponent off guard
Honestly, 4.b4 makes no sense. Either 4...b5 or even 4...d5 should be fine for Black.
I mean, you could say a lot of things don't make sense in chess. There are certainly things the player can do to equalize, but that's true for basically all openings. It's just something you can do as a fun trap to try and catch your opponent off guard
A move which gives away all of the (very large) advantage white gets after the simple 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.0-0 is a bad move, and that is that.
Honestly, 4.b4 makes no sense. Either 4...b5 or even 4...d5 should be fine for Black.
I mean, you could say a lot of things don't make sense in chess. There are certainly things the player can do to equalize, but that's true for basically all openings. It's just something you can do as a fun trap to try and catch your opponent off guard
A move which gives away all of the (very large) advantage white gets after the simple 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.0-0 is a bad move, and that is that.
Hahaha, dang, whatever you say boss. calling it a "very large" advantage is a bit of a stretch, considering on the analysis board it's registering as less than a difference of 1. It's funny that you're more up in arms against this than the titled players that have visited this page haha
It's funny that you're more up in arms against this than the titled players that have visited this page haha
Au contraire, I have absolutely no problem with delusional people.
It's funny that you're more up in arms against this than the titled players that have visited this page haha
Au contraire, I have absolutely no problem with delusional people.
Oh, be quiet lol
nobody wants to hear you rant
It's funny that you're more up in arms against this than the titled players that have visited this page haha
Au contraire, I have absolutely no problem with delusional people.
Sheeesh dude, calling someone delusional over a chess opening is a bit delusional haha
Found this game from awhile back that I played against a 1500 where I successfully deployed the Flintlock Trap/Counter-Gambit:
There were obviously some mistakes on both sides, but the advantage gained from 4. b4, Bxb4, was able to carry me to a position where black eventually just gave up
There's also this game that I just played against someone 1650+ player! Just goes to show that this trap is easily overlooked by strong players
After the trap was employed, with careful play, I was easily able to convert the position in my favor, forcing black to resign
Funniest game I ever played against the Blackburne-Shilling......
At least you won haha, but on this forum, I'm not allowed to condone anything except the flintlock
Just recently checking out the stats on this opening, I've found that I have an 80% win rate out of 30 games with 4. b4, even if the trap isn't excepted
If you see this, help me make it a real opening by commenting and sharing please haha
I have 70% wins, 10% draws, 20% losses.
Not bad!
White Position seems very nice.
White’s Position has several different Plans
- F Pawn Push
- Knight b1 rerouted to f3
- Queen reroute to King Side.
I suppose the question would be why play the move b4. What is it trying to accomplish?
Another interesting question would be what if White took Knight 1st. Than played b4?
Does changing the move order around help or not?
So I was playing a game, and my opponent played the notorious Blackburne shilling gambit, but instead of trading knights, I set up a trap that I find almost everyone falls for; 4.b4!
The point is that almost everyone plays Bxb4 which is actually a blunder because:
After this, you may think that your opponent can just trade knights and then just retreat the bishop, but why this trap is so good is because people fail to see is that after they take your knight, and you capture with the queen, you are threatening Qxf7# which is checkmate.
And after they protect f7 you can simply take their bishop.
I've played quite a few games using this trap and not once has someone not taken the pawn. Also, I checked the data base and this move is actually a novelty, so I'm calling it the Flint Lock trap, The reason being that after 4. b4, the developed pieces resemble the shape of a flint lock.
I hope this will be of use to some of you.
Thankyou!
That's L Lawliet type of stuff
Haha, just doing my job