Benko gambit overall. for white Vienna gambit ( I dont play many gambits ok :C ).
Muzio gambit.
Stafford gambit
@catboy266 said in #11:
> 1. Cochrane gambit
Mine too- in blitz & 1x per opponent. It's not so successful a second time vs a good player.
Others,....
I'm also enjoying playing the von Hennig Schara lately.
There is a gambit line for white in the early d4 line of the Ruy Lopez that I play off and on that is fun (but in it usually either I win quickly or the tension dissolves also quickly).
Been studying the Dubov Tarrasch (a gambit) but I dont understand it deeply enough to rely on it.
Bill
> 1. Cochrane gambit
Mine too- in blitz & 1x per opponent. It's not so successful a second time vs a good player.
Others,....
I'm also enjoying playing the von Hennig Schara lately.
There is a gambit line for white in the early d4 line of the Ruy Lopez that I play off and on that is fun (but in it usually either I win quickly or the tension dissolves also quickly).
Been studying the Dubov Tarrasch (a gambit) but I dont understand it deeply enough to rely on it.
Bill
I can tell you it's not starting with 1. d4
the one where i lose all my pieces except the king and a pawn, and still end up winning the game
my beautiful evans gambit. look at my profile bio! :)
@verylate
A few remarks.
Generally speaking, the Vienna Game was mainly developed as a device to selectively access those lines which were regarded as the most promising in the KG (with a XIX c. perspective), whilst avoiding or discouraging defensive tools such as an early d5.
Modern engine evaluation is different of course, but I would hardly call the Vienna Game "inferior", as long as you only play 3.f4 against 2...Nc6.
Several major defensive options for black are limited in their scope (e.g. 4...g5 can be met in a wide variety of ways such as Hamppe-Allgaier or Pierce which offer somewhat superior practical chances, compared to their KG counterparts).
A few wild gambits, like the Bertin (Three Pawns) against the Cunningham (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bc4 Bh4+ 6.g3 fxg3 7.0-0 gxh2+ 8.Kh1) become excellent even from an engine perspective.
Moreover, the Steinitz Gambit exists etc...
Against 2...Nf6 admittedly, the immediate f4 is very dull, but you already know this if you are trying to reach the Frankenstein-Dracula (which is not a gambit per se) instead...
BTW, you are correct. It seems quite difficult to have low level players take on e4 and go into the FD.
I had to trick a very inexperienced friend of mine into playing it with white, and we ended up following a famous(?!) game of Larsen from the '70...
A few remarks.
Generally speaking, the Vienna Game was mainly developed as a device to selectively access those lines which were regarded as the most promising in the KG (with a XIX c. perspective), whilst avoiding or discouraging defensive tools such as an early d5.
Modern engine evaluation is different of course, but I would hardly call the Vienna Game "inferior", as long as you only play 3.f4 against 2...Nc6.
Several major defensive options for black are limited in their scope (e.g. 4...g5 can be met in a wide variety of ways such as Hamppe-Allgaier or Pierce which offer somewhat superior practical chances, compared to their KG counterparts).
A few wild gambits, like the Bertin (Three Pawns) against the Cunningham (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bc4 Bh4+ 6.g3 fxg3 7.0-0 gxh2+ 8.Kh1) become excellent even from an engine perspective.
Moreover, the Steinitz Gambit exists etc...
Against 2...Nf6 admittedly, the immediate f4 is very dull, but you already know this if you are trying to reach the Frankenstein-Dracula (which is not a gambit per se) instead...
BTW, you are correct. It seems quite difficult to have low level players take on e4 and go into the FD.
I had to trick a very inexperienced friend of mine into playing it with white, and we ended up following a famous(?!) game of Larsen from the '70...
@LordSupremeChess said in #27:
> the one where i lose all my pieces except the king and a pawn, and still end up winning the game
I'd also take the King's Gambit, but that's also cause I don't exactly know any other openings
> the one where i lose all my pieces except the king and a pawn, and still end up winning the game
I'd also take the King's Gambit, but that's also cause I don't exactly know any other openings