What is the worst gambit?

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username_0004

kings gambit is good you're just bad.

Saagar_Nayak
Have y’all heard the lobster gambit where its +3.7
TrueMikeTyson

Mosquito gambit

Genuinely have no idea why anybody would play this

Eigenlcht

Wifi Gambit 💀

LucasOkeee
Sunset gambit
100roundy

School Wifi + Ultrabullet Gambit

Pray your opponent also has bad network.

A-Wild_Swag_Bronti
 

 

JackTheCheesyChessPlayer
The grob gambi- jk the kings gambit
knightreyes

we

allisonthompson3
I am bad at opening how do I learn more
RatkoGavrilo1
allisonthompson3 wrote:
I am bad at opening how do I learn more

Googling up opening principles and applying them is enough for you. Other than that stick to tactics/puzzle training

AhmedAryan
Asparagusic_acids wrote:
OctopusSqueeze2007 wrote:

I think the worst gambit is the Anti Reti Gambit:

no its the kings gambit

how is this king's gambit

AhmedAryan

Don't play the Chungus gambit. Worst mistake of my life.

AhmedAryan

I need to explain this.

The worst gambit is not the king's gambit or queen's gambit. They also aren't even bad gambits. You're sacrificing a pawn to gain central control, lead in development, and also potentially get the pawn back. The worst documented gambit by far, is the Irish gambit.

If you think the Bataov gambit is worse, or the Triple Muzio gambit is worse, you should stop going to the bar, because they're by far better than this -2.6 gambit. You have to play this gambit like a Halloween gambit except your opponent isn't getting scared, you are. Now the Botez gambit isn't bad, I mean, just look at this.

The sacrifice allows such free-flowing developement, tactical and positional advantage, and maybe you can even get material. ... Just not for white.

AhmedAryan
JBirdpw wrote:
OctopusSqueeze2007 wrote:
JBirdpw wrote:

it's sooooooooo bad

You think the Englund gambit is bad? Check this line lol.

AhmedAryan
Sameer_chess-player wrote:

oh and the blackburne shilling gambit is bad, as well as the wilkes-barre gambit.

The Blackburne Shilling gambit line you just showed was the worst example of black losing, partly because black actually wasn't losing. The Traxxler counterattack isn't a bad opening either.

Sea_TurtIe

traxxler loses by force

double muzio could be the worst opening to ever exist

Sea_TurtIe

englund is also losing by force

Poweranony
Bird opening: dudweiler gambit
1. F4 d5 2. G4
AhmedAryan
Sea_TurtIe wrote:

traxxler loses by force

double muzio could be the worst opening to ever exist

It's actually not that bad and black can fall into many, many traps.

 
For black to keep a -1.8 advantage they have to find crazy as hell moves, and keep that up all the way until the endgame, or even during the endgame.