An Unusual Slav Gambit
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I doubt that this is entirely sound. White's initiative will not last long enough if Black knows what he is doing.
I never said that it was sound! lol I use it during speed chess. This was an experiment in correspondence. Try it and see what you think.
Great novelty and good game.
May 29, 2008
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Isn't this basically the same as d4 d5 Nc3 Nf6 f3, but with the c pawns off the board? I would start analyzing this line by looking at those other lines and seeing whether the c pawns are hindering white or black or both or neither. :-)
I did not like 31. Qd1. I prefer 31. Rd8+ and white wins the Queen and it should end up a Q+B vs R+B or Q vs R endgame.
That is cool that you guys saw that nice little combination I missed. Thanks for the solid feedback.
Hey, this may have been played before...it is an interesting gambit that I found one day staring at the board...I have never yet lost with it, the few times I have used it. This was my first experiment with it in correspondence chess. I know that I lost my initiative, and even gave my opponent chances for the win, but he really messed up at the end. It was a fun game, I hope you enjoy it. I will post a blog on the openings forum for this idea and see if we can get some bites on ideas. I made a comment about not posting comments, but sorry, I couldn't resist! :-)