
How should black meet the Halloween Gambit? - Chess Stack …
2012年12月5日 · I realize that this is not everybody's cup of tea, and on pure chess level this is not impressive. However, this might be useful in practical sense. People who play Halloween Gambit love to attack; it is likely that the above resulting position is not to their taste. This would also take them out their opening territory.
Why is forking the king and rook a blunder in this Halloween …
Also, I believe that this fork is one of the main ideas for White in the Halloween Gambit. However, Stockfish labels it a blunder and the evaluation goes from around +1.5 to −1.5 . Why?
What are the main "seasonally-themed" openings?
2024年12月27日 · Apart from the Halloween Gambit you mentioned the only other one I know is the Christmas Tree variation of the Dutch Defence which is a cross between the Classical Dutch and Leningrad Dutch. [Title "Christmas Tree variation of the Dutch"] [fen ""] [StartFlipped "1"] [StartPly "8"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7 ...
Opening positions where declining a gambit is a blunder
2021年12月21日 · 1 e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 f4 d5 4 fxe5 Nxe4 5 Nf3: Vienna Gambit Declined 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 Bg2 dxc4 5 Nf3 Be7 6 0-0 0-0: Catalan Opening I don't count captures where the capturer is immediately recaptured, because these are …
What proofs for refuted gambits are there? - Chess Stack Exchange
Also, if a database of almost all games played in a particular gambit shows that the side that initiated the gambit wins almost all the time, this doesn't mean that there isn't a way for that gambit to be refuted, it just means that if there is a way, most people haven't played it. Above everything, I'm looking for material to learn from.
opening - What is a gambit? - Chess Stack Exchange
2020年12月3日 · The Queen's Gambit is normally not a true gambit as White can always regain the pawn. The Queen's Gambit starts with 1. d4 d5 2. c4. The pawn is offered to lessen Black's control of the center. This action is considered good according to chess strategy. Sooner or later you will have to face a gambit.
List of how AlphaZero evaluates openings - Chess Stack Exchange
2018年2月20日 · Interesting, that the Queens Gambit seems to be very drawish and AlphaZero in the King's Gambit does not even win one game with Black! – BNetz Commented Feb 20, 2018 at 8:32
Are there any gambits involving sacrificing a piece?
2018年12月9日 · The Cochrane Gambit: [FEN ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 This is relatively sound gambit, Topalov has played it against Kramnik. The Traxler Gambit: [FEN ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2 6. Kf1 Qe7 7. Nxh8 White does have an option of taking on f7 with the bishiop 5.
Best way to play against Glek system? - Chess Stack Exchange
For black, I know that the bishop usually comes out to c5. You could also go crazy on e4 e5 nf3 nc6 nc3 nf6 g3 nxe4, a kind of reverse halloween gambit that isn't too bad. The system is very similar to lines in the vienna game and vienna pualsen. –
What are examples of very aggressive openings ... - Chess Stack …
Perhaps the most insanely aggressive opening that's remotely playable is the Halloween Gambit, [FEN ""] [Title "Halloween Gambit"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5?! It seems to defy logic that White can sacrifise a whole knight for merely a pawn and a speculative advantage in space and time, but sometimes aggression has a logic all its own.