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I'm just looking for new openings to spice up my play, please list em here.

Kings gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4

Tennison Gambit
1. e4 d5 2. Nf3

Smith Morra Gambit
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd 3. c3

Latvian Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5

Alekhine-Chatard Attack (my current favorite)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4

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Originally posted by zebano
I'm just looking for new openings to spice up my play, please list em here.

Kings gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4

Tennison Gambit
1. e4 d5 2. Nf3

Smith Morra Gambit
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd 3. c3

Latvian Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5

Alekhine-Chatard Attack (my current favorite)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4
Reti Gambit
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4

OK, it doesn't feel like a real balls-out gambit but then the Benko Gambit doesn't either. I like that one as well.

Benko Gambit
1. d4 Nf3 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5

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Evans Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4

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Originally posted by Ari Brenin Cymru
Evans Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
Yah that's an interesting gambit... seems completely unsound to me though.

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Originally posted by ih8sens
Yah that's an interesting gambit... seems completely unsound to me though.
Well it may seem unsound to you but it was good enough for Karsparov to beat Anand, Shirov to beat Timman & Short to beat Huebner to name a few obvious examples.

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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
Well it may seem unsound to you but it was good enough for Karsparov to beat Anand, Shirov to beat Timman & Short to beat Huebner to name a few obvious examples.
Yah i know... btw, did you know gambits are for kids? (ask patzergrl)

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Originally posted by ih8sens
Yah i know... btw, did you know gambits are for kids? (ask patzergrl)
lol ask former world champion em lasker...

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How about proper chess? One does not need to play gambits to "spice up" your games, you can play solidly and still get good exciting games.

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Originally posted by ih8sens
Yah i know... btw, did you know gambits are for kids? (ask patzergrl)
I thought they were for fun!

Like any opening, a gambit is only worth playing if you understand what you're doing.
Take, for example the King's gambit. I can't play King's Bishop's because I just can't get my head around not being able to castle after 3...Qh4+
It doesn't feel right for me, though I know many people swear by it. King's knight's gambit just seems right to me & I understand it better.
I'd be foolish playing 3.Bc4 without studying it & would probably suffer badly.

A gambit played badly is just a material deficit in a defunct opening.
A gambit played well is magic!
Game 3023411

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Originally posted by z00t
How about proper chess? One does not need to play gambits to "spice up" your games, you can play solidly and still get good exciting games.
but up until the highest levels, almost everyone makes an imperfect move and gets beat up on when their opponents play good gambits.

Fritz beat me with the traxler gambit in 26 seconds in blitz last night.

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Originally posted by z00t
How about proper chess? One does not need to play gambits to "spice up" your games, you can play solidly and still get good exciting games.
No, one does not need to, but with the french and english as my main repitoire, the middlegames I reach are getting a bit stale. A few crazy games here and there adds some unusual positions to those middlegames.

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Originally posted by z00t
How about proper chess? One does not need to play gambits to "spice up" your games, you can play solidly and still get good exciting games.
Gambits are proper chess.

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Queen's Gambit perhaps? 😛

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Originally posted by zebano
I'm just looking for new openings to spice up my play, please list em here.

Kings gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4

Tennison Gambit
1. e4 d5 2. Nf3

Smith Morra Gambit
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd 3. c3

Latvian Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5

Alekhine-Chatard Attack (my current favorite)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4
Danish Gambit. 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4! cxb2 5.Bxb2. 😉

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Originally posted by Zander 88
Queen's Gambit perhaps? 😛
That doesn't count.

1.d4...d5
2.e4! does though😉

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