Halloween gambit.
It's actually not as bad as you might think. As black I don't even play the main lines against it because it's too annoying.
Halloween gambit.
It's actually not as bad as you might think. As black I don't even play the main lines against it because it's too annoying.
At a lower level you quote often get players saccing the Knight to prevent a castle. They hope you don't know how to defend against an immediate attack on the king.
The Cochrane Gambit: (I always play this opening LOL)
5.d4 is not good, Black gets a clear advantage.
White's only viable move is 5.Nc3!
The Cochrane Gambit: (I always play this opening LOL)
5.d4 is not good, Black gets a clear advantage.
White's only viable move is 5.Nc3!
How does black get a clear advantage after 5. d4? Its my understanding white is just a pawn up after 5...Nxe4 6. Qh5+ since it doesnt seem possible to defend the knight. Or is it some other move(besides 5..Nxe4) that would give black the advantage?
Its my understanding white is just a pawn up after 5...Nxe4 6. Qh5+ since it doesnt seem possible to defend the knight.
Then it blunders a knight and black wont play that...
Its my understanding white is just a pawn up after 5...Nxe4 6. Qh5+ since it doesnt seem possible to defend the knight.
Then it blunders a knight and black wont play that...
Yes...that was my point, My question was if 5..Nxe4 isnt playable, what is the refutation of 5. d4? compared to 5. Nc3 Sorry if my question wasnt clear.
The Cochrane Gambit: (I always play this opening LOL)
5.d4 is not good, Black gets a clear advantage.
White's only viable move is 5.Nc3!
How does black get a clear advantage after 5. d4? Its my understanding white is just a pawn up after 5...Nxe4 6. Qh5+ since it doesnt seem possible to defend the knight. Or is it some other move(besides 5..Nxe4) that would give black the advantage?
The point behind 5.Nc3! is not protecting the e4 pawn, but rather preventing ...d5 by Black.
5.d4 c5! 6.dxc5 d5! 7.e5 Ng4 is complex, but it has been thoroughly analysed as clear advantage for Black- actually in chess practice white doesn't even score 15% from here.
5.Nc3! prevents Black from deconstructing white's pride (which is his massive center). It gives Black some extra options, but IMO white has adequatre, or almost adequate compensation in all the major lines. It is no coincidence that WC Topalov picked 5.Nc3 at his encounter against WC Kramnik (the game ended in a draw after a very interesting fight).
i only know one: the Jerome gambit