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Yereslov
Gorpo wrote:

Yes, the Halloween is considered an unsound gambit, but one with great practical chances. Found an interesting game at chessgames.com, definitely not boring!

 

I have yet to find a line that makes it unsound...

This is perfectly even.

The difficulty arises with:

This is probably the best response to the gambit.

I don't see what white gains exactly.


Yereslov

I changed my mind. The first variation is terrible for black.



Gorpo
Yereslov wrote:
Gorpo wrote:

Yes, the Halloween is considered an unsound gambit, but one with great practical chances. Found an interesting game at chessgames.com, definitely not boring!

 

I have yet to find a line that makes it unsound...

 

This is perfectly even.

The difficulty arises with:

 

This is probably the best response to the gambit.

I don't see what white gains exactly.


I didn't say it's unsound, the compiled games in chessgames.com had that quotation at the header, here's the page. Maybe you can go there and claim it's actually a sound gambit to those guys, hopefully they'll change their minds.

Yereslov
Gorpo wrote:
Yereslov wrote:
Gorpo wrote:

Yes, the Halloween is considered an unsound gambit, but one with great practical chances. Found an interesting game at chessgames.com, definitely not boring!

 

I have yet to find a line that makes it unsound...

 

This is perfectly even.

The difficulty arises with:

 

This is probably the best response to the gambit.

I don't see what white gains exactly.


I didn't say it's unsound, the compiled games in chessgames.com had that quotation at the header, here's the page. Maybe you can go there and claim it's actually a sound gambit to those guys, hopefully they'll change their minds.

No, it's unsound. I change my mind. It's only sound if black plays 5. Nc6.

White gets a much better game in that position.

This is playable, though:



Gorpo

5... Ng6 seems very solid and I believe it's a good reply from Black to maintain the advantage out of the opening. I do, however, prefer 7... d5:



Yereslov
Gorpo wrote:

5... Ng6 seems very solid and I believe it's a good reply from Black to maintain the advantage out of the opening. I do, however, prefer 7... d5:

 



This is playable:



learnateverygame

a 1 min game posted, only for fun :P

the highest rated opponent I had defeated so far, even higher than rainbow :D

 

I had met some 1800s play better than this, so I think this is not his real strength lol

Yereslov
learnateverygame wrote:

a 1 min game posted, only for fun :P

the highest rated opponent I had defeated so far, even higher than rainbow :D

 

 

I had met some 1800s play better than this, so I think this is not his real strength lol

This seems much stronger.

caesarsecundus
learnateverygame

ok, so a game I played just now :D (sorry Tony, a 1 min game again :( )

I dont know if this will help the other people here, but i hope it will, because it has a pattern worth remembering :)

 

what matters here are the examples I give :

-I focus attack on f6 and h6 square

-I made sure that with this kind of play, sacrifice are needed to breakthrough, and I always keep the 1 knight close to Kside, or try to exchange the K's bishop for my own or a knight, that way all the dark squares on black's camp are weak.

Yereslov

I missed mate in seven. 

I have a won game either way.

learnateverygame

@ yereslov : mate in 1 you missed lol, supposedly you play white :

at move 16, instead of Nd7+ why not Nc6+ ? double check that covers the vital a7 square (the actual game escape square ;))

 

so you fork the king and bishop, double discovered check mate ! Surprised

MSC157

Miniature, the end drawn?

pauix
gambiteer12
I've been trying out the Scandinavian in live chess with mixed results. I got wiped off the board in this game.
Yereslov
learnateverygame wrote:

@ yereslov : mate in 1 you missed lol, supposedly you play white :

at move 16, instead of Nd7+ why not Nc6+ ? double check that covers the vital a7 square (the actual game escape square ;))

 

so you fork the king and bishop, double discovered check mate ! 

That's part of the mate in seven.

Yereslov
MSC157 wrote:
 

Miniature, the end drawn?

Black could have easily played 18...g6.

Anyways...


After 21...a4 white is lost.

MSC157
Yereslov wrote:
MSC157 wrote:
 

Miniature, the end drawn?

Black could have easily played 18...g6.

Anyways...

 


After 21...a4 white is lost.

What about Ng5+ instead of Qc2+?

Yereslov
MSC157 wrote:
Yereslov wrote:
MSC157 wrote:
 

Miniature, the end drawn?

Black could have easily played 18...g6.

Anyways...

 


After 21...a4 white is lost.

What about Ng5+ instead of Qc2+?

It leads to a difficult position because you have no possible way to actually mate once the king is on g6.

 



MSC157

ok, found it, tnx. So seems Bishop sac was right? :)