[Event "French Defence - Alekhine Chatard Attack: Alekhine - Chatard Attack - Black accepts the sacrifice - 6...Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/pc4x0yT2/4SWx4Ea5"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C13"] [Opening "French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Albin-Chatard Gambit"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/chessentialsBLOG"] [UTCDate "2023.02.13"] [UTCTime "12:33:01"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/pc4x0yT2/4SWx4Ea5"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 { Last but not least - according to Capablanca's old saying that the best way of refuting the gambit is to accept it - this is the most popular and arguably the critical move in this position. Black accepts the bait and asks White to demonstrate what is the idea. } 7. hxg5 Qxg5 { So White has gained the open h-file for the rook in return for a pawn. Furthermore, the exposed state of the queen on g5 will allow White to gain some tempi by attacking her. Finally, the pawn on e5 is still restricting the kingside, so White makes a claim there will be quite some targets to attack there. } 8. Nh3 { This is a very important move to remember and understand. Instead of going to f3, the knight goes to the "Rim" and attacks the queen. There are two reasons for it: A) The knight on h3 doesn't block the queen from reaching g4! B) The knight on h3 can sometimes go to f4 which may be relevant, while the knight on f3 would be unable to do so. Black now has two main options. } { [%csl Gg5][%cal Rg5d8,Rg5h4,Gh3g5,Gd1g4,Gh3f4] } 8... Qe7 { Going back to e7 is by far the main move in this position. } (8... Qh4 { Going to h4 and trying to provoke g3 is a more modern approach. There is a very concrete reason why Black would want to provoke g3 with } 9. g3 Qe7 { I refer you to the next chapter with detailed analysis to understand the deep reasoning behind this move. }) *