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A further possibility is 4.Bc4, the Italian Four Knights Game, or Prussian Four Knights Game, popular in the 1880s, though this line is regarded as inferior according to Pinski, and an outright mistake by International Master Larry D. Evans. [3] Black can preserve the symmetry by 4...Bc5, leading to the quiet Giuoco Pianissimo.
The Halloween Gambit (also known as the Müller–Schulze Gambit or Leipzig Gambit) is an aggressive chess opening gambit in which White sacrifices a knight early on for a single pawn. The opening is an offshoot of the normally staid Four Knights Game and is defined by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5?!
Omaha Gambit of the Vienna Game – 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4; Oxford Variation of the Vienna Game – 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.d3; Oxford Gambit of the Four Knights Game – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bb4 5.d5 Nd4
By avoiding an immediate confrontation in the centre, White prevents the early release of tension through exchanges and enters a positional maneuvering game. 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 is the Giuoco Pianissimo Deferred. [26] 4.d3 f5 is the not-so-quiet Lucchini Gambit; there can follow 5.Ng5 f4, the Dubois Variation. [27]
10 Italian Game. 11 King's Gambit. 12 Philidor Defense. 13 Queen's Gambit. 14 Ruy Lopez. 15 Réti Opening. ... King's Knight Gambit – C34 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3 ...
Two Knights Defense The Max Lange Attack is a chess opening that can arise from several different opening lines, including the Two Knights Defense , Petroff's Defense , Scotch Gambit , Bishop's Opening , Center Game , and Giuoco Piano . [ 1 ]
CHEATING IN CHESS: US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of cheating after a hot winning streak. The outcry exposed a generational rift between top chess ...
The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. f4. White offers a pawn to divert the black e-pawn. If Black accepts the gambit, White may play d4 and Bxf4, regaining the gambit pawn with central domination, or direct their forces against the weak square f7 with moves such as Nf3, Bc4, 0-0, and g3.