Video: The Mad Queen! Taking my opponent apart with the Fajarowicz gambit

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benhunt72

Some chess games simply break all the rules, and gambit lines can be fun to play. In this game, I sacrifice an early pawn and then a knight in return for damaging my opponent's pawn structure, while my queen runs rampant around the board causing mayhem.

corum

Nice game. Thanks for sharing and a nice youtube presentation. 

The only thing I would say is that white has to castle. After black plays b6 I think at that point white can castle. And that would lead to this position.

It's not ideal that white's f2 pawn is gone but castling kingside is nowhere near as bad for white as you suggested. I think black does not have sufficient compensation for the lost material in this position. 

In your line, white simply made a catastrophic knight move (Ng5) which allowed you to win a key pawn and fork king, rook and knight all at the same time. Nevertheless, your thinking and planning laid the groundwork for white to make this error. So well done.

benhunt72

Thanks a lot. I know there were many mistakes, and I think I missed the hanging e pawn for a couple of moves as well. I just thought it was a fun game to share. I do want to study this gambit more, though, as there are several responses white can make, many of them leading to exciting continuations.

Coach_Kashchei

After taking on g3 you're simply kNight down... Don't play like that, follow opening principles!

You won only becouse very-very-very stupid play by your opponent. He had million chances to develop his pieces, castle, trade queens, etc... 

Instead he left his king on e1, played stupud rg1 and losing Ng5... Very bad...

Coach_Kashchei

Also, according to your video, you have wrong understanding what is "king's safety".

King's safety depends on the activity of the pieces. 

For example, if you have only one active queen and he has all his pieces active, his king cannot be weak even in the center.

Opposite scenario. If you have castled king and pieces sleeping on the back rank - your king could be in big danger if your opponent has active pieces around him.