Other than Queen's Gambit, what is your favorite gambit?
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chessdeficit99
Sep 16, 2023
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Personally, I love to play the King's Gambit if I am feeling like it. I like to get initiative. What are your thoughts?
Sep 16, 2023
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#2
Well the thing is, gambits like the queen’s or king’s are great but that’s very general, because there’s still a tonne of ways the game can go. Personally, on specific lines, I’m a big fan of the leondhart gambit.
Evans gambit
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
Well the thing is, gambits like the queen’s or king’s are great but that’s very general, because there’s still a tonne of ways the game can go. Personally, on specific lines, I’m a big fan of the leondhart gambit.
Well, the Queen's Gambit is perfectly sound and white's strongest continuation after 1. d4 ... d5, probably along with the London. But there's a ton of ways you can go wrong in the King's Gambit and it doesn't have a great reputation either. A ton is bigger than a tonne and I'll stick with the Queen's Gambit.
Sep 16, 2023
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Optimissed wrote:
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
Well the thing is, gambits like the queen’s or king’s are great but that’s very general, because there’s still a tonne of ways the game can go. Personally, on specific lines, I’m a big fan of the leondhart gambit.
Well, the Queen's Gambit is perfectly sound and white's strongest continuation after 1. d4 ... d5, probably along with the London. But there's a ton of ways you can go wrong in the King's Gambit and it doesn't have a great reputation either. A ton is bigger than a tonne and I'll stick with the Queen's Gambit.
Bobby fischer was a fan of the king's gambit, and, at any level sub-grandmaster, I honestly don't think it matters if the engine doesn't back your opening so much.
I'll have to analyse the Leonhardt Gambit because any decent player will play e6 instead of c6 and if white has nothing then, black may have equalised.
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
Optimissed wrote:
DoYouLikeCurry wrote:
Well the thing is, gambits like the queen’s or king’s are great but that’s very general, because there’s still a tonne of ways the game can go. Personally, on specific lines, I’m a big fan of the leondhart gambit.
Well, the Queen's Gambit is perfectly sound and white's strongest continuation after 1. d4 ... d5, probably along with the London. But there's a ton of ways you can go wrong in the King's Gambit and it doesn't have a great reputation either. A ton is bigger than a tonne and I'll stick with the Queen's Gambit.
Bobby fischer was a fan of the king's gambit, and, at any level sub-grandmaster, I honestly don't think it matters if the engine doesn't back your opening so much.
I used to play the Vienna game and try to transpose into an advantageous gambit if black plays d6. Back when I was an improving player, when the Vienna wasn't fashionable (late 1980s) that was a great way to get at least a draw against higher graded players.
You had to be much stronger than I was to do well with the KG. It was thought that the best way forward for white is the Bishop's Gambit of the King's gambit. You allow black to displace your king and it doesn't harm white's game.
Looking at the Leonhardt, the engine dislikes it. With the help of the analysis tool I found that Na6 might be a slightly stronger way for black to defend c7. There's too much choice for black and according to the engine, white is typically -0.28. If black plays solidly it more than equalises.
