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What are Gambits that everyone should know about? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/285936

I personally don't know any gambit, I just try to play the opining following the basic principles. I saved this list from a comment in Reddit time ago:

Unavoidable 2nd move gambits:

  • King's Gambit against 1.e4 e5.
  • Smith-Morra against the Sicilian.
  • Staunton Gambit against the Dutch.
  • Blackmar-Diemer Gambit against 1.d4 d5.
  • Tennison Gambit against the Scandinavian.
  • Grob Gambit against 1.g4 d5.

Avoidable depending on the opponents follow-up but easy to get:

  • Evans Gambit in the Italian.
  • Traxler against the Knight Attack (Italian).
  • Albin Countergambit against the Queen's Gambit.
  • Stafford in the Petrov.
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Another important one is the Benko gambit if you're a d4 player.