It can't be beaten, it just can't! What's your stance on it, I think it's brilliant!
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4
4. c3 dxc3
5. Bc4
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4
4. c3 dxc3
5. Bc4
Another one!
I have recently won in the Scotch gambit as black in the game below. In the position black has to lose a knight
but according to computer analysis white must return a piece after 6. ...Nh6 7. Bxh6 0-0.
but according to computer analysis white must return a piece after 6. ...Nh6 7. Bxh6 0-0.
So, the professional GMs who play chess for a living, they are fools to keep playing those boring Italian games or Ruy Lopez?
I'm a boring person, so whenever they try shenanigans in e4 e5 openings, I just play "the equalizer" (if possible)
Thanks, but I think I prefer black in this variation:)
these Italian, Scotch and Greek gambits can be a lot of fun, but it always seems black can hold his own (or better) by a timely return of the material (4...d5 in the example @MusicGarlic has given). Tim Harding wrote a book about them half a century ago, and I don't believe the theoretical assessments have changed very much since. That the dog hasn't barked tells something.