Annotated by amnesia7 (1200): The Latvian or elephant gambit, my second favourite black opening after the scilian dragon. This was very risky but the only move to save his knight would have to be 4.Qd4 Qh5 and then white's queen would inevitably be chased around the board. Once again I've been rather stupid. This is a terrible move. The correct move. To protect black's e-pawn To stop 9. ... Qf3 threatening… |
Annotated by goldmedal10 (1200): I start out with my normal opening she responds with the normal too i go with my right to begin my minor pieces development what is name of this gambit? there pawn wall took one of my pawns. now we are even no protection in row 7 c d e for the king I just took that pawn what is black doing ? took that free pawn. Has not started development yet. never seen this before that the other player… |
Annotated by gyurkovitz (1200): This is what passes for my opening repertoire. Not very original huh? I like this game because although I gave up a large advantage I gained early. I finished with a very pretty forced mate. I won't play exd5 because of e4, threatening my knight. Letting go of the e-file for the sake of an advanced d pawn. I want to fianchetto my white bishop. Of course. This lets me know he doesn't have any … |