The Halloween Gambit

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Hahahahahahahaha! I'm playing in a currently won position against the "Halloween Gambit". See board for the rest of my commentary:

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General-Lee wrote:

Hahahahahahahaha! I'm playing in a currently won position against the "Halloween Gambit". See board for the rest of my commentary:

 


Very nice defense, white should have put more pressure on you. For instance, rather than play Bd3 attaking your knight, he should have played Bc4 to attack the king-side pawn. This pawn can be attacked again by Qf3 which leads to a more aggressive game. Whites biggest mistake, letting you re-develop your pieces and giving you opportunities to stabalize your position.

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tip for black if u think you are playing against someone experienced in this opening, do not take the peice. however if you feel confident just do it. it can result in a good game. 

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can the halloween gambit follow 1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bb5

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Can the halloween gambit follow 1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bb5 a6?

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No.

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In the first game what if black plays Qxb2 instead of a6..... plzzz explain.

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In the first game, if black plays 10...Qxb2, then 11.Bd4 Qb4+ 12.c3 Qa5 13.f5 a6 14.Nc7.

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RosarioVampire wrote:

In the first game, if black plays 10...Qxb2, then 11.Bd4 Qb4+ 12.c3 Qa5 13.f5 a6 14.Nc7.


Y wud black play a6 after f5 if Ne5 is possible???

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Ne5 Bxe5.

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Instead of Qh4, try Qb6 lol
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As in the Danish Gambit, an early ...d5 takes most of the fun out of the Halloween Gambit.  For a sample continuation, see the diagram below:

 

 

I'd say Black is doing quite well in this line.  As Black, you just need to remember to play ...d5 and pin the queen knight, and from there defending the attack is actually pretty straightforward.   

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The Halloween Gambit can also be played in the Ruy Lopez. See attached game.

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This was a message I posted at the Yahoo Unorthodox Chess Openings Newsgroups about the Dresden Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4. See message below which was posted in 2003.

Dresden Opening – The Goblin Variation

Recently I was looking through Eric Schiller's Unorthodox Chess
Openings and found the opening called the Dresden Opening. The moves
are 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4. A player who does not play regularly in
tournaments but is of master strength here in Hawaii and does play
this opening regularly in blitz games down at Kuhio Beach at the
chess tables. His name is George Nakamoto. He is the father of
Hawaii's chess whiz kid named Dexter Nakamoto.

When I looked through the section on the Dresden Opening, I had a
sudden vision of another gambit that could be played in this opening.
After the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 Nf6 I thought that the knight
sac 4.Nxe5 could be played. This is very similar to the Halloween
Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5) in the Four Knights Game.
I had checked my chess databases and found that there were no games
with this knight sac in the Dresden Opening. I therefore decided to
call this variation the "Goblin Variation".

I decided to test this Goblin Variation in 2 games. One against my
chess program Nimzo 2000 and the other game against Fritz5. Listed
below are those 2 games.

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redsoxfan33 wrote:

can the halloween gambit follow 1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bb5

Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Halloween Gambit

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exactly what i needed thanks