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-zoe- 18-Feb-08, 13:22	Halloween Gambit I discovered this opening not so long time ago and I really like it. It offers very active tactical play for White and strong center. Its a deadly weapon against unprepaired players. I already had few wins by playing it here on GK. And few losses too off course, mostly from higer rated players who simply had better combinations in the middle game. If I improve my middlegame tactics, I am sure this opening would give me a lot of victories and fun. I know this is not very sound opening, but what are your opinion about it? Do you play it from time to time?
neilskye 19-Feb-08, 05:08	Great opening Slightly unsound as you say, but still fantastic and exciting. There is an open mini-tournament in the Halloween gambit (Leipzig Gambit) atm, but unfortunately the min. rating is 1650. There are 3 remaining spaces though, so if you get up to 1650 I would definitely recommend to join it if it is still up; if not you could always start your own tournament! I never get to play the Halloween Gambit normally as I will never be caught in a 4 knights, simply because I think it usually leads to boring chess; but the Halloween is anything but boring. For those who are wondering, the opening goes like this: 1.e4 e5; 2.Nf3 Nf6; 3.Nc3 Nc6; 4.Nxe5!? White sacrifices a full knight, but has awesome initiative and space, and can undevelop black's knights at will. A normal continuation would be: 4...Nxe5; 5.d4 Ng6; 6.e5 Ng8; 7.Bc4. If anyone knows how to post the diagrams then perhaps they would care to post diagrams for these positions.
-zoe- 19-Feb-08, 05:16	here it goes: FIRST PART: 1. e4, e5 2. Nf3, Nc6 3. Nc3, Nf6 4. Nxe5?! I usualy start with 1. Nc3 and I saw that most of the players continue with 1. ...e5. then I continue with 2. e4, Black responds with Nf6 and soon Black accepts 4 Knights opening (this is from my experiences only).
-zoe- 19-Feb-08, 05:28	Black can accept or decline gambit. If Black accepts, it goes like this: 4. ... Nxe5. And now comes the fun part: SECOND PART: The hunt for the Knights 5. d4, Nc6 6. d5, Ne5 7. f4, Ng6 8. e5, Ng8 9. d6 and you have this position: White has the center, and his bishops have enough space for activation. Black has problems with development.
-zoe- 19-Feb-08, 05:31	THIRD PART: Searching for good combinations Now all is up to you to make more pressure on Black's position and make even more advantage. Position offers lots of tactical combinations, its not easy to play but if you are a daring player it is definitely fun.
-zoe- 19-Feb-08, 05:36	neilskye thanks for info about tournament, but unfortunately I doubt I will reach 1650 rating soon lol At the moment I am playing few mini-tournies so I'll wait a little before I start my own. here are two nice links for this opening Part I: www.chessville.com Part II: www.chessville.com
eagledart 15-Mar-08, 02:48	Thanks Thanks for posting this opening - I've recently returned to playing chess via GameKnot and picked up on your post. I've tried the opening a few times now with varying degrees of success, but it's quite a rush when it works out  . Anyhow, thanks for sharing.
-zoe- 15-Mar-08, 02:59	I play it whenever I can, no matter what is my opponent's rating   I sometimes lose (against much higher rated players), but then I simply analyze what went wrong and how they replied to my moves and how they managed to stop my attack. Most of my opponents don't know for this opening and they reply in many different ways... most of those moves are out of theory but they are still very interesting.. On the other hand, victories are really great - as you said, when it works, its like a firework  ))
madik 11-Aug-08, 08:13	Just Played It I just played this opening an an OTB tournament on Saturday. I'm a low rated player but I have posted the game and annotated it if anyone wants to look at it and provide feedback. I do like this from time to time. If you go to my profile and click on "Annotated Games" it is titled "Reverse Angle 9 - Round 1" I did manage to win as White on this opening. ~madik

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