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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
no way, Anand shall fly in on the new Russian/Indian Mig -35, offer up incense at the sacred temple of the origin of chess at its source in the upper Ganges in the Hindu Kush (now Pakistan) to an effigy of Mir Sultan Khan, and ol Topalov shall be crushed like a paper cup beneath a steam road roller while clutching your gambit in his hand like it was the black spot given to Long John Silver. The last act of a vanquished man.
You crazy bro Young Top will foshizzle dizzle kizzle A-Dawg yo

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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
no way, Anand shall fly in on the new Russian/Indian Mig -35, offer up incense at the sacred temple of the origin of chess at its source in the upper Ganges in the Hindu Kush (now Pakistan) to an effigy of Mir Sultan Khan, and ol Topalov shall be crushed like a paper cup beneath a steam road roller while clutching your gambit in his hand like it was the black spot given to Long John Silver. The last act of a vanquished man.
mmmmmmmm
Hindu Kush...
sounds like some good bud man.

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Originally posted by Maxacre42
You crazy bro Young Top will foshizzle dizzle kizzle A-Dawg yo
yo, after a few Lal Tofan beers (Red Storm in Hindi), and a good curry, Vishy shall be hotter than the calendar girls of the Canadian ladies Curling team sunbathing in the black hole of Delhi with nothing to drink but Tabasco sauce, sizzling my Canadian cousin, zissle sissle zizzle whizzle, and old Topalov shall be left smokin like a Vancouver wild smoked sockeye king maple salmon jerky. 🙂

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Originally posted by Big Orange Country
mmmmmmmm
Hindu Kush...
sounds like some good bud man.
mmm, you need to see my brother, he has his own personal factory complete with ultra violets, sterile compost etc etc , but i believe they grow some of the finest 🙂

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6. c3 ... Black won. 6. d3 .... draw. No real database help for White. P. S. Oops I meant to quote zebino's Brian Wall post.

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Originally posted by Big Orange Country
The Immortal Gambit
(the name explains it all)

[pgn][Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Kieseritzky"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 5.Bxb5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6
7.d3 Nh5 8.Nh4 Qg ...[text shortened]... 9. e5 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 Na6 21.Nxg7+ Kd8 22.Qf6+ Nxf6
23.Be7# 1-0

[/pgn]
that is sweet

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Originally posted by ChessJester
that is sweet
That is Adolf Anderssen, circa before we were alive haha!

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My favorite gambit is the Muzio Gambit, a variation within the King's Gambit. It is a complete disregard for material concerns in the pursuit of an attack against the opposing king. Here's a nice sample game:

[Event "Darstellung"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glaskow"]
[Black "Muratow"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "Bangiev"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

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Originally posted by chesskid001
My favorite is the ever popular Smith-Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3). I've ensnared quite a few players with it, including a couple Class A players.
I agree about everything. 🙂

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Originally posted by gambit3
6. c3 ... Black won. 6. d3 .... draw. No real database help for White. P. S. Oops I meant to quote zebino's Brian Wall post.
If you do some rigorous searching of my games, you will find a couple of trys against 1600-1800 level competition here. It hasn't really held up to well against good competition (people who don't play h3 and instead play either d3, d4 or c3).

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