What is the worst gambit?

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I play the Englund and Grunfeld Gambits;  not for everybody.

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the englund is a risky gambit, i like to play it against lower rated players

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KillerKing0 wrote:

the englund is a risky gambit, i like to play it against lower rated players

To be honest, I just didn’t want to play into a London System or a lot of theory, then next thing you know I was scoring 75% with it at the 1200-1500 level. I was only scoring 55% with the semi-Slav.

I put more emphasis on tactics and blunders on winning games then the opening.

I played the Englund before it became popular so now I have switched to sidelines or Grunfeld in must win situations.

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Latvian Gambit; you can accept the gambit in any way possible, and it's still refuted. Even if you don't accept it, it's still refuted.

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No such thing, they are why I am bossing it at 500 elo rapid.

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Halloween gambit actually isn’t horrible 

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It's definitely the Dudweiler gambit, it's like -4

 

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I think it's the from gambit 

1.f4 e5 2.fxe5

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No, just no. The From's Gambit is actually decent.

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It's not even close to the worst

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Not just the kings gambit, i think that one is at least reputable, but the Kings gambit: Villemson gambit:

Like come on now. 

 

On the flipside, the coolest gambit I think there is (though it doesn't have its own name, it is a sacrifice of material in the opening book, so I'll call it a gambit) is this knight sacrifice in a sideline of the Bg5 Najdorf:

The engine doesn't even know how to evaluate the position. With absolutely perfect play from Black, he ends up practically dead equal, and that's AFTER White sacrifices more material.

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and yet my record in king's gambit WAS something like 53%, but these past couple days i've scored really bad and am just 49:46 now. i suspect sandbagging and/or foul play as some days, i tear thorough 80% or more of my opponents and then other the exact opposite. 

that, or maybe my brain damage flares up some days

 

in the real world (under 2000), king's gambit scores 52:45 in 9.8 million games. don't listen to GM parrots.  +7% is a number 48:48 & 33:33:33 "grandmaster approved lines" WISH they had at move #2!

 

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The Cochrane Gambit and Jerome Gambit are the worst gambits because it involves sacrificing a piece and black will be able to defend easily against those gambits.

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ChessOfficial2016 wrote:

The Cochrane Gambit and Jerome Gambit are the worst gambits because it involves sacrificing a piece and black will be able to defend easily against those gambits.

I mean, the Cochrane is better than the Halloween Gambit for sure, I think it's at least playable for White if you know the ideas. Halloween might be too, but yeah the Jerome is just a piece gone from the board.

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The Smith mora gambit is the worst gambit 

 

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timmygropy wrote:

The Smith mora gambit is the worst gambit 

You've got to be trolling, that's up there with the best.

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ItsTwoDuece wrote:
timmygropy wrote:

The Smith mora gambit is the worst gambit 

You've got to be trolling, that's up there with the best.

Yeah, it's one of the few gambits without a clear refutation, there are ways to play against it that usually give Black a small advantage, but not anything outrageous like most gambits. This guy doesn't know what he's talking about.

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