"Fiveofswords wrote:
the greco moller/goring gambit/scotch gambit..all of these lines are fine. Its typical gambit sort of play and white does have compensation for the pawn
They are very old lines, and any master is certain to be well prepared with either color, if they allow the opening to happen at all.
I really believe its about as good as any other opening...black has ways to more or less equalize im sure...but i think this is also true with every other opening. The opening is logical and principled and the critical positions seem to have a moderate amount of play remaining (but probably a little on the drawish side)
I have read some of your comments thoughtout different forums and I always enjoy reading them. I believe gambits are hard to play and give black good chances to win, especially when it come to theory. This one the reason for me to switch to 1...e5 and I use to play the French defense and I always had to meet the pesting exchange against low rated players and now I have open position and lots of tactics opportunity at my disposal.
Torkil wrote:
Interesting. a player from a different chess site is playing the same line Greco-Mollor, I thought he made a mistake and he played the opening poorly. I have a large advantage already and I post this game after the game is over. Is the line Greco-Mollor any good?
Well yes, it is.
As has been mentioned these lines are quite old and established. The pure Möller attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5 Bf6 scores pretty well for Black and is tough going for White. Occasionally 7.Bd2 is played, bit theory holds that Black at least has no problems reaching comfortable equality with 7...Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5. Therefore 6.e5 has moved into the focus of modern grandmasters and seems to hold up quite well.
Much more popular than the Greco is the Giuco Pianissimo 5.d3, where White postpones the d4 thrust to a point of time where he is fully developed. This is by far the most serious line for White in the Italian atm. Some enterprising players also try to revive the old Evans Gambit (4.b4), though with mixed results.
Thank you for the information, I played the Evans gambit and Giucco Pianissimo 5.d3 because it can resemble the Ruy Lopez (Spanish opening); but this is the first time I met 6.e5 and I really thought my opponent did not know theory and he did not play the opening well anyway.
This is one the reason I switch to 1...e5 against 1.e4, my opponents don't seen to know theory, in the open games thoery is important to survive in the opening.