Worst Gambit You Have Won With

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EKAFC

This will be based of the Holy Gambit Grail where you can type in your chess.com or lichess.org username and find the gambit with the LOWEST WINRATE that you have won with and if you want, post the pgn. 

I'll start with the Dudweiler Gambit from the Bird Opening which has a 17% winrate on Lichess

gik-tally

I won some games with tennison and Latvian gambits as a 1400, but dropped both when opponents started figuring them out. The ONLY thing i like about the scandinavian is punishing tennisons and other BDG players

EKAFC

From analyzing your account, the worst gambit you have won with is the Roscher Gambit with a 44% winrate

What I find impressive is that this was a rapid game. Most horrible gambits I win with are only won in bullet games where your opponent will likely not expect a terrible opening and not accept it which usually is good for you in most cases

gik-tally

I wasn't trying to play a gambit, that was BEFORE I found the BDG cousin alapin diemer, and after I had it with trying to play the monte carlo variation, so I was trying something new, I imagine.

I refuse to play here because of that 10m ratings sandbagging crap.

THIS is my most recent french game

I'm more than satisfied with the ADG finally gaining another % to 45:48 where the trench weasel french have ALWAYS annoyed me. with some homework, I could full equalize my stats, or even start "winning"

OH! cool! this game was me trying to figure never before seen 4...Qb6 out! VERY satisfying... well, not so much so with my opponent blundering so bad. WOW! the next most recent featured ANOTHER queen blunder

effing gambit coward french poodles!

been taking a break from chess after getting dragged back down from mid 1700s again. something is fishy that I held my own against 1800s for 86 games after my provisional but keep getting dragged down every time I climb back up to 1700s. I got to within 9 points of 1900 with a smith morra before getting dragged down.

EKAFC

I won with an even worse gambit: The Keres Gambit in the Grob

Got lucky to flag my opponent but it's not an easy gambit to get surprisingly. Stockfish gives this as -2.2 for Black but at the same time, it hates the Grob

gik-tally

EVERYONE hates the grob except sneaky grob players!

can i get a witness?

EKAFC
gik-tally wrote:

EVERYONE hates the grob except sneaky grob players!

can i get a witness?

It surprisingly is not bad on a practical level. Playing safe equalizes for White and people that try to refute it don’t want to give up material. For anyone that wants to learn the Grob, here is a pgn of the most significant lines. If Black doesn’t take the center, then you should to get a good game

rangstorm

Worst bird ever:

1Lindamea1
Ross gambit
EKAFC
lassus_dinnao wrote:
Ross gambit

Do you have a game to prove it? Also, there are two Ross Gambits so it is hard to tell which one you are talking about

1Lindamea1
EKAFC написал:
lassus_dinnao wrote:
Ross gambit

Do you have a game to prove it? Also, there are two Ross Gambits so it is hard to tell which one you are talking about

EKAFC
rangstorm wrote:

Worst bird ever:

This is a thread for worst gambit played and this is not a gambit. Using the Holy Gambit Grail, I found the worst gambit you won with being the Ross Gambit

Update us when you win with any gambit with a worse winrate than the Ross

1Lindamea1

Im gonna go and win with the mosquito gambit right now

1Lindamea1

I just won with the 5x smith morra ultra hyper gambit

rangstorm

Thank you for providing link to Holy Gambit Grail. Sorry I misunderstood. Will update as possible.

blueemu

I used to play the Drunken Knight against the Alburt Variation of the Alekhine's Defense.

Ilampozhil25

i tried it

there is this youtube symbol showing... what does that mean?

EKAFC
Ilampozhil25 wrote:

i tried it

there is this youtube symbol showing... what does that mean?

It means someone made a youtube video on it. Click on the link and it will show you the video

EKAFC
blueemu wrote:

I used to play the Drunken Knight against the Alburt Variation of the Alekhine's Defense.

I like the center but for me, it's not worth the knight. However, one of the best winning gambits comes out of the Alekhine called the Matsukevich Gambit

EKAFC

I just won with the Spanish Countergambit

The strange thing is that it wouldn't go through on the website