The ICBM Gambit

I like Ne5

here is my contribution - queen trap for black if you carelessly follow the gotham video with Qxc7.

I managed to play it in a bullet game.

#20 is the average tennison player summarised

absolute hope chess maximised

who plays be6, its awkward and leads to tripled isolated pawns on the e file after nxe6

and then you dont take it

sorry, you dont create variations on openings in which black makes blunders

this is like giving a name to e4 e5 nf3 nc6 ba6

A variation of the ICBM

the problem is, Nc6 counters the whole thing and then black is winning even if we wouldnt gambit the knight and bishop

I have a game I had just finished that makes use of the ICBM Gambit, although it doesn't start with the usual opening moves.

Doesn't that last move hang a queen?

Technically, it does. But after 29. ... Nxd5, I can just take both rooks, albeit sacrificing one of my rooks on top of the queen. Also I didn't want to draw the game by repetition.

tl;dr: 29. Qxd5+ is technically a blunder, but Black is left having to fight a Rook vs. Knight Endgame, and I didn't feel like drawing the game.

29.Qxd5 was not a blunder, it was a good move that easily wins the game

The bradley part was cool but unnecessary

it's still funny

It looks like engine vs engine

damn

If they go 5.e5 or 5.e6 it does not work and you just lost a pawn.

When you sacrifice the bishop into the ICBM gambit used to be a brilliant move now it's a great move.

What Elo and chess bots can I use the ICBM gambit on?

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