tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post7279545509680949659..comments2023-10-30T06:02:04.878-07:00Comments on Ian Simpson on Chess: Playing two sharp gambits in serious games for the first time- without knowing much theory!Ian Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12934766627374308248noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-52878997738811107152017-03-21T18:39:00.069-07:002017-03-21T18:39:00.069-07:00Maybe there is a way to take benefit of the extra ...Maybe there is a way to take benefit of the extra move a3 in that annoying line of the Urussov Gambit.<br /><br />1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.Nxc3 d6 9.h3 Nc6 10.Qc2 Be6 11.Nd5 Qd7 12.b4 with some pressure for the pawn.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-87515941269153039492017-03-04T11:17:03.137-08:002017-03-04T11:17:03.137-08:006.Qc2 of course is the Spassky Gambit. Mark Morss ...6.Qc2 of course is the Spassky Gambit. Mark Morss wrote about it many years ago:<br /><br />http://jfcampbell.us/CampbellReport/hard/h991129.htm<br /><br />I have played a couple of games with it myself, though only as a deviation from the Botvinnik and Anti-Moscow 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 and a later Qc2. Sumets' 6...h6 looks very clever to me. Williams probably should have tried 10.Be3 iso 10.Bxc4.<br />Spassky also played 4...dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Ng5 once but 7...f6 looks like a big problem. I don't trust 7.a4 e6 8.axb5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 cxb5 10.Ng5 Bb7 11.Qh5 g6 12.Qg4 Be7 13.Be2 Bd5 14.Ne4 h5 15.Qf4 Nc6 and Black is ready for action while I don't see any action for White.<br />The gambit lines after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 and 5.e4 are also big fun.MNbnoreply@blogger.com