It's the Latvian. You love it or you hate it, nothing in-between.
A few years ago there were almost as many Latvian posts on here as there are Parhams today. Seems to have lost a little steam on this site, at least.
f5 Gambit
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It's not the Latvian - that's 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, f5. I used to try this line when I was at school but White has much better than 3. Bc4 in this line which just gives the pawn back straight away.
Gil-Gandel wrote:
It's not the Latvian - that's 1. e4, e5; 2. Nf3, f5. I used to try this line when I was at school but White has much better than 3. Bc4 in this line which just gives the pawn back straight away.
Geez, shows you what I know....
I'll get my coat....
Heh. Also, I don't think the choice of opening had much effect on the course of the game, which mainly revolved around seeing who could blunder away the most pieces. White won that contest in the end, but it was a hard struggle.
Feb 15, 2013
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1. e4 f5 is known as Duras Gambit or Fred Defense.
It is not good opening. White has several good answers:
a) Accept the gambit 2. exf5 where black has very little for the pawn and can only hope for complications (e.g. 2. ... Nf6 3. g4!? e5 4. g5 Bc5 with reversed Muzio, or 3. d4 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. dxc5 e5 7. fxe6 Bxc5 with open lines)
b) 2. e5 with space advantage
c) Play a dangerous gambit himself 2. d4 or 2. Nf3
Please let me know what you think of this gambit. What gambit is this?