Colorado Gambit

The Colorado Gambit may be a terrible opening, yes, but other gambits are not, such as the Rio, Scotch, Vienna, King's, etc

@lovlas I hate it to be honest (@FunnyAnimatorJimTV) but @lovlas more interestingly why do you think people play these opening's instead of ok but UU openings like lichess.org/study/un20QEOZ/93uWbwWJ

I love gambits where the ordinary player won't have in it's opening like very trappy opening's (You might say crappy but)lichess.org/study/Sm3L1k4x I do very well out of even it is bad. @Water-Flame I agree

Vienna and KG are pretty bad tbh. The others aren't gambits. Rio Gambit isn't a thing. Its called the Berlin.

The Rio Gambit IS a thing. It comes out of the Berlin. Vienna and KG are NOT bad either. Maybe not the best, but they are played by GMs on occasion.

@howchessYT My friend, you do not do "very well" with these openings. You are rated under 1200 classical on here.

Maybe that would be better if you played decent openings.

@BigGreenShrek beaten@FunnyAnimatorJimTV

Both allow black to equalize without any problems. You are free to claim that "Rio Gambit" has independent value, but it is still just a berlin.

@lovlas ok

They both allow black to equalize, but they are not as bad as you claimed previously.

Yes, they are. White needs to memorize a bazillion lines while black can play one set-up and equalize without any issues. That makes it a terrible opening. I'm not claiming the KG loses by force but its still a terrible opening. Sure it can have some value as a surprise weapon, but against a well prepared opponent you are gonna have a bad time.