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 Halloween Gambit: sk-cadavre-opa v Club MorphyIt's a fun gambit and promises a fun game. The start date is December 1st. The rules are easy: - All members in Club Morphy are welcomed and encouraged to participate. - sk-cadavre-opa will not view our discussion thread. - Our time limits will be a max of 5 days to make moves. Within that time we suggest moves, discuss them and vote on them. - I, jc, will serve as moderator and will post board diagrams and other notices that are essential to Club Morphy's play. As moderator, I will paticiapatw in the suggesting and discussing the moves. I vote only to break ties. To quell my anxiety......... Is there anyone out there interested? |
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gonefromgk 27-Nov-09, 07:46 |
Sounds like fun! |
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oldgus |
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re: Halloween Gambit: sk-cadavre-opa v Club Morphy |
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pennsylvaniadan 28-Nov-09, 05:37 |
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I'm in. and immensely tactical. I'm sure those games are available for those of you unfamiliar with it, and there may have been other thematics since. I also found excellent material on line (I'll have to look for it again) that enabled me to win quite a few games I might have lost otherwise (there are countless traps and counter-traps). All in all, a great and fun gambit to play, and I'm looking forward to it! |
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Interesting opening what other people have done there are several good discussions online. For a quick look that gives you an incomplete idea of how dangerous this opening can be for black take a look at the video below. www.youtube.com I am still tied up at work often these days, but will contribute when I have a moment. |
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antagonistknight 28-Nov-09, 13:14 |
game. |
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Video & Article on the Halloween Gambit en.wikipedia.org A short article on the Gambit. sk-cadavre-opa will play white. I think it will be a fun game. |
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re: Video & Article on the Halloween Gambit |
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Halloween Gambit I have a very short history with the Halloween Gambit. I came up against it for the first time, whilst playing Black, in an OTB game. After 4.Nex5 I was insulted, thinking that my opponent had played a weak opening move and was hoping to simply take me out of lines I "know" and out of my comfort zone. The match ended after a tiny 13 moves, where I resigned, feeling pretty stupid with the board looking like this: - After Nxd5, Bb6+ wins white's Queen and pretty much the match. Since then, I started a mini-tournament on gameknot to explore the opening. The entry requirements were 2200-2500, so I like to believe that we're getting closer and closer to "best lines" as the tournament progresses. One of those players has managed a win with Black so far, proving the hypothesis at the start of the tournament by myself and several others that Black can, with good play, take advantage of the sacrificed material. I present to you, the finished games. krill vs twobking  game seewolf vs krill game seewolf vs sk-cadavre-opa game Ensure you pay particular attention to all three games; Krill shows that winning is definately possible whereas myself and twobking show how to lose with the obvious responses to 5.d4. I'm expecting this to be a real challenge, playing an opening I'm not overly familiar with and against the collective brainpower of the club should be alot of fun! Bring your A game people! |
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thanks to sk! I haven't been able to find really recent material on the HG, but here are some other articles/game collections that I think are worth looking at: Paul Keiser's "Critical Lines in the HG" (2 parts, 9/03, updated 10/05, at chessville.com) Tim Krabbe's "A Breeze in the Sleepy 4-Knights Game" (3/'00 at chesscafe.com) 41 games by Grigor Minchev (from '86-94 at chessgames.com, where there is also a database of 90 games from 1890 (!) - 2009. I'm sure you'll find other sites/external links as well (in Wikipedia, YouTube, etc.) |
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re: Video on the Halloween Gambit |
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Thank you sk and ironbutterfly! Thanks again, jc |
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In this thread? Are we going to be discussing moves in this thread or elsewhere? |
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move 5 for black move one takes, he wishes he had taken the other." (Dr. N.F. Cooke in the "Milwaukie Sunday Telegraph" 1883) |
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Game on! 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 * It's our 5th move. We are now open for suggetions and discussion. |
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5. . Nc6 drawbacks, so I am not insistent on that move. |
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antagonistknight 01-Dec-09, 05:23 |
5. ... Ng6 |
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5.......Ng6 but I think ......Ng6 is stronger. Notice also that in the very strong thematic that sk gave us access to, all five players play Ng6 as black (4 of them exclusively so far) and only one has played Nc6. The total games are 11 with Ng6 and 2 with Nc6. |
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gonefromgk 01-Dec-09, 12:58 |
5. ... Ng6 |
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Move 5...Ng6 |
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pennsylvaniadan 01-Dec-09, 21:25 |
Move 5 |
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Club Morphy moves 5...Ng6 and sk moves 6.e5 sk-cadavre-opa v Club Morphy gameknot.com 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 * sk-cadavre-opa has moved 6.e5 *. It is now Club Morphy's move. We are now open for suggestions and discussion. |
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antagonistknight 02-Dec-09, 05:06 |
6. ... Ng8 |
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gonefromgk 02-Dec-09, 10:29 |
6. ... Ng8 |
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pennsylvaniadan 02-Dec-09, 15:43 |
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definitely ....Ng8 |
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6. ...Ng8 |
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