Funnily enough, I've never played against 5.Bd7 before, and I quite enjoy playing the pawn sac lines, so I hope no one plays it against me anytime soon.
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Jan 6, 2022
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#343
melvinbluestone wrote:
alphaous wrote:
I kind of like the concept of g4, sacrificing a pawn and an exposed kingside for a whole lot of space, but I've been playing a lot of e4 recently. Maybe I'll try it out as a surprise weapon. Fun game!
Apparently, this thing has a name, the Devin gambit. I don't know who or what Devin was. Maybe some kind of a nut. Game Explorer has one game with the line, ends in a draw.
Probably a player from the 19th century, where everything went and you could get almost any opening named after you.
Jan 18, 2022
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#344
alphaous wrote:
melvinbluestone wrote:
alphaous wrote:
I kind of like the concept of g4, sacrificing a pawn and an exposed kingside for a whole lot of space, but I've been playing a lot of e4 recently. Maybe I'll try it out as a surprise weapon. Fun game!
Apparently, this thing has a name, the Devin gambit. I don't know who or what Devin was. Maybe some kind of a nut. Game Explorer has one game with the line, ends in a draw.
Probably a player from the 19th century, where everything went and you could get almost any opening named after you.
And Mamedyarov just played it at the TATA STEEL against Esipenko. I love that guy. I guess it can't be that bad.
some interesting ideas in this game.
Nice one
Feb 23, 2022
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#353
funny position just before mate. i had three pieces hanging and four lined up in a row and no matter what black does they are lost. i am up a pawn but will be down material before mate. the game lasted 24 moves
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I kind of like the concept of g4, sacrificing a pawn and an exposed kingside for a whole lot of space, but I've been playing a lot of e4 recently. Maybe I'll try it out as a surprise weapon. Fun game!