[Event "Portuguese Gambit: Chapter 1"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/6tm8ab5L/I6bl2Ait"] [Date "2023.04.01"] [White "Portuguese Gambit"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Rizsatt"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Gambit"] [StudyName "Portuguese Gambit"] [ChapterName "Chapter 1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/6tm8ab5L/I6bl2Ait"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,26,24,31,41,46,45,47,87,76,95,55,45,32,24,32,32,40,24,32,32,16,41,41,37,43,51,55,59] } 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 { The most ambitious, blocking the Bishop's attack, but at the same time taking away the natural development square of the Knight from White. } (4. Bb5+ { Developing with time gain, but after } 4... c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 { Black has a good lead in development that makes up for the sacrificed material. }) (4. Nf3 { Usually a move made by players who don't know how to play against the Portuguese Gambit, and make a natural development move. } 4... Qxd5 { With ...Bg4, we have the idea of taking the Queen to h5 as well. } { [%cal Gd5h5] } 5. Be2 (5. Nc3 { Saving time in development. } 5... Qh5 { Black will have the idea to break White's structure. } 6. Bf4 (6. Be2 Nc6 { We're going to try to raise pressure on the d4-pawn, with ...0-0-0+...e5 } 7. O-O O-O-O 8. h3 Nxd4 { Exploring the position of the white pieces. } 9. Nxd4 Bxe2 10. Ncxe2 e5 { [%cal Gf8c5] }) 6... Bxf3 7. gxf3 c6 { Black will continue with ...e6 and create a block on white's squares, and try to exploit white's weakened structure. }) 5... Nc6 { Increasing pressure on d4. } 6. h3 { Taking the pair of bishops, but after } (6. Be3 O-O-O { Seeking to press with the move ...e5. } 7. Nbd2 Qf5 { To play ...e5 without taking c4+d5. }) (6. c4 { An ambitious alternative, looking to take the center with c4+d4+Nc3. } 6... Qf5 { Followed by ...0-0-0 or ...e5. } { [%cal Ge8c8] }) 6... Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Qd7 { Black will go for ...e5 and try to exploit the development advantage. } 8. c3 e5 9. O-O O-O-O { Increasing pressure in the center. } { [%csl Rd4] }) (4. Be2 { The most played move, but not very ambitious either. } 4... Bxe2 5. Qxe2 (5. Nxe2 Qxd5 { Attacking g2. } 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbc3 (7. c3 O-O-O { Followed by ...e5. }) 7... Qh5 8. Nf4 Qf5 { Black has ideas of ....0-0-0,...e5,...Nb4. }) 5... Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 { Keeping the position flexible: Black can play with ...Nc6 or ...c6,...0-0 or ...0-0-0. } { [%cal Gb8c6,Gf8b4,Ge8c8] }) 4... Bf5 5. Bb5+ (5. g4 { Seeking to explore the position of the pieces on the kingside. } 5... Bg6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. g5 Nh5 { Black will try to exploit the squares that White has weakened with the advances on the kingside. }) (5. c4 { Keeping the pawn on d5, and Black will sacrifice with } 5... e6 6. dxe6 Nc6 { Sacrificing even more material. } 7. Be3 (7. exf7+ Kxf7 { With ideas of ...Bb4+,...Re8+ with a big lead in development. } { [%cal Gf8b4,Gh8e8] }) 7... Nb4 { Threatening ...Nc2+. } 8. Na3 Qe7 { Preparing ...0-0-0 and trying to exploit the open e-file. } { [%csl Re1,Re3,Re6][%cal Ge8c8,Ge7e1] }) 5... Bd7!? 6. Bc4 (6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. c4 e6) 6... c6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 { With ...e5 ideas. } *