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	Latvian Gambit
		The Latvian Gambit is an aggressive chess opening in which Black gives up a pawn early on in the hope of gaining the initiative.
		It was formerly known as the Greco Counter Gambit until the new name was made official by the FIDE Congress of 1937.
		The new name was a tribute to the Latvian players, notably Karlis Betin, who analyzed it in the early part of the 20th century.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/la/Latvian_Gambit.html (154 words)

	Latvian Gambit
		The Latvian produces a myriad of impossibly complex and rich tactical positions, and is an ideal weapon for decisive results against stronger players.
		The Latvian specialist also exploits the opening's "shock value," and White is faced with consternation and confusion if he is not thoroughly prepared.
		The Latvian Gambit-A Grandmaster View is the first in-depth GM analysis of this opening since Paul Keres examined it fifty years ago.
	www.chesscentral.com /pickard/latvian-gambit-chess-opening.htm (197 words)

	Gambit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A gambit is a chess opening in which something, usually a pawn, but sometimes even a piece, is sacrificed in order to achieve an advantage.
		For gambits that are less sound, the accepting player is more likely to try to hold onto his extra material.
		A good example is the Danish Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 (3...d5 would be a way of refusing the gambit) 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gambit (674 words)

	Gambit Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A gambit is a chess opening, where something is sacrificed in order to achieve a better strategic position.
		The word gambit stems from the Italian 'gambetta' which means: setting a trap.
		Queen's Gambit: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 xc4 - is the most played "gambit", but it is technically not a gambit, since white can always win his pawn back.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/g/ga/gambit.html (222 words)

	The Latvian Gambit Lives!
		I remember both Latvian Gambit Magazines and Latvian-organized correspondence tournaments with the gambit when I was growing up).
		Even with all the attention the gambit gets in that realm, and with all the tournaments, books, and magazine articles that have been devoted it, I would be amazed if there existed a Latvian Gambit devotee out there who didn't instantly scarf up a copy of Kosten's book.
		Black desperately needs an improvement here." This is theoretical writing at its best: as a Latvian advocate, Kosten could easily claim that one of the many dubious deviations from the main line is unclear or "deserves analysis," but he avoids the temptation to do so.
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_jw/jw_latvian_gambit_lives.html (794 words)

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		Among the many possibilites in the Queen's Gambit Declined are the Orthodox Defense, Lasker's Defense, the Cambridge Springs Defense, the Tartakower Variation, and the Tarrasch and Semi-Tarrasch Defenses.
		The Blumenfeld Gambit (or Countergambit) bears a superficial but misleading resemblence to the Benko Gambit, as Black's goals are very different.
		Although it is a gambit, White usually does not hold on to the extra pawn.
	pushedpawn.org /chesspedia/Chess_opening.htm (4633 words)

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		The best is GrahamBurgess's 1995 book 'gambits', which does a good job of discussing motivations for gambits and types of compensation, but in my opinion the author uses the term 'gambit' too loosely and many of his examples are positional sacrifices and not what I would call gambits at all.
		A few openings that are called 'gambits' are really non-gambits, the most obvious example being 1 d4 d5 2 c4 since even the Queen's Gambit Accepted (2...dxc4) is very rarely played with the intention of holding the pawn and White just regains his investment in the course of normal development.
		Completely the opposite of the Benko, the gambiteer is seeking not a rational position with objective compensation but rather an extreme tactical melee in which human and computer opponents alike may lose their way.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/kibitz04.txt (1001 words)

	King Pawn Openings - The King's Library
		The Latvian Gambit was once called the Greco Counter Gambit under the impression that it should be attributed to Greco from 1590, but it had been documented 60 years earlier.
		The King's Gambit miniatures has been the most popular series and the Collection II, sixteenth in the line, is destined to be jsut as popular.
		The Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4!?) is an excellent weapon for white in club and amateur events.
	www.marioandwindy.com /kingslibrary/kingpawn.htm (846 words)

	Chess opening
		Black may choose to mirror White's move and reply with "e5" for the same reasons, leading to openings such as the Ruy Lopez, Giuoco Piano (including the Evans Gambit variant), and King's Gambit.
		This leads to openings such as the Queen's Gambit, King's Indian Defense, Nimzo-Indian, Bogo-Indian, and Queen's Indian Defense, and Dutch Defense.
		Black can accept the gambit with dxc4, playing "Queen's Gambit Accepted", which is a risky way to play this gambit.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Chess_opening.html (1550 words)

	Gambits
		A gambit is when one side offers the other the opportunity to obtain a material advantage in return for some kind of compensation.
		This is an attempt to improve on the King’s Gambit by delaying the sacrifice of the f-pawn for one move.
		This is the poor cousin of the Göring Gambit which in turn is the poor cousin of the Scotch Gambit.
	www.angelfire.com /nf/chess/Gambits.html (1342 words)

	ziOxbb :: View topic - Reader's Corner
		The Latvian gambit is fun to play as it often results in antediluvian play that was thought to have gone out of style with Anderssen and Morphy.
		Latvian players attack.) 10.Ke3 Nf6 (Threatening …Bc5 which mates in eight, not that I saw that at the time.
		But the Latvian is not based on general principles.;in the world of the Latvian, early queen sorties are the norm.
	www.queensac.com /phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=51 (4345 words)

	CHessville - Openings - The Latvian Gambit Revisited, Part Two - by Professor Nagesh Havanur
		A number of Latvian Gambit players are not comfortable with the positions arising out of 3..e4 4.Ne5.
		The secret of the Latvian Gambit's appeal lies in its infectious optimism and the puckish humor with which the players confront adversity.
		The Latvian Gambit is the practical opening par excellence.
	www.chessville.com /instruction/Openings/LatvianGambitRevisited_PartTwo.htm (1667 words)

	GameKnot: play online chess
		But this gambit is one with real bite, so when it comes up I prefer to decline it via the Hayward Variation: 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.Nf3 dxe5 4.Nc3.
		I'd say that the Liscyn Gambit 1.Nf3 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Ng5 is a case of accept and the immediately give the pawn back (3...Nc6) to get easy play instead of trying to hang on to the pawn by weathering a dangerous attack.
		The Benkö gambit is a rather tricky case and I feel it's probably one of the soundest anti-d4 gambits, but I have no idea whether it's best to decline it (4.f3, 4.Nf3, various ideas with cxb5 followed by b5-b6) or to accept it (e.g.
	gameknot.com /fmsg/chess/3027.shtml (894 words)

	ChessPublishing.com Forum - The Latvian Gambit!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Well the kings gambit has been performing extremely well for me and so i decided the next step was to start playing e5.
		I have recently taken up the Latvian gambit which is quite interesting and is used a lot more frequently by correspondance players than you might think.
		most of the latvian's greatest victories are against players attempting to steamroll their opponent off the board in 20 moves.
	www.chesspublishing.com /yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1138114865 (3209 words)

	Amazon.com: The Latvian Gambit Lives!: Books: Tony Kosten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		If, Caissa forbid, you want to play the Latvian for Black as though it were a sound defence, that means vowing to try to play the objectively strongest move at every opportunity after move 2 (if you did that at move two, you would have played 2...Nc6).
		The Latvian is a great opening for beginners who still need to work on their tactics.
		I have 'The latvian Gambit a grandmaster view' by Anatoly lein and sid pickard.The publisher is Hays Publishing.
	www.amazon.com /Latvian-Gambit-Lives-Tony-Kosten/dp/0713486295 (2096 words)

	Another Look At The Latvian Gambit
		I recently have won the 3rd World Championship Latvian Gambit (played at SEMI) and in the final I did NOT loose a single fl Latvian game.
		Apparently, this is the modern attitude taken in the Latvian Gambit.
		It seems clear to me that the Latvian Gambit is refuted as a practical tournament choice.
	www.jeremysilman.com /chess_opng_anlys/040703_anthr_olk_atth_ltvn_gmbt.html (890 words)

	Welcome to the Financial Gazette Online! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In chess, the term gambit refers to a sacrifice, usually of a pawn, made in the early stages of the game.
		I must point out, however, that a gambit does not necessarily lead to a win for the player who gambits, nor is the pawn offer always accepted by the opponent.
		Apart from the Latvian gambit, which is not exactly a favourite of many, there are several others which readers may want to research.
	www.fingaz.co.zw /fingaz/2005/March/March3/7222.shtml (289 words)

	Chessville - Opening Theory - The Latvian Gambit Revisited, by Prof. Nagesh Havanur
		The Latvian Gambit is one of the most exciting and fascinating openings for the Black player after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5!?
		Around the year 1900 a group of Latvian players led by K. Betinš from Riga began an independent research into the gambit and brought it up to modern standards.
		Before we consider these variations the practical problem of dealing with irregular lines which decline the gambit should be considered.
	www.chessville.com /instruction/Openings/LatvianGambitRevisited.htm (2046 words)

	My Chess Homepage
		With the fl pieces I wanted to try the Latvian gambit and to have at least some fun.
		In the game with Virginius I chose solid Spanish and did not play the Latvian Gambit (maybe he expected that).
		This is a really good success and I think I have done something to keep the Latvian gambit alive.
	userpage.fu-berlin.de /~marius/chess/00.htm (1053 words)

	Chess: play online chess
		This move allows transform the game into Latvian gambit area as it was done in the text.
		It was called a 'counter gambit', as I understand it by the way, because it is a gambit played by Black.
		My problem with gambits lately is that my opponents seem able to suck the life out of them, whence material deficits do become a serious consideration.
	mailcafe.net /online/chess/3457.shtml (2069 words)

	Latvian Gambit- Chesspedia, the free chess encyclopedia
		The Latvian Gambit is an aggressive but dubious chess opening, which often leads to wild complications.
		The ECO code for the Latvian Gambit is C40 (King's knight Opening).
		Nagesh Havanur, The Latvian Gambit Revisited, Part One, chessville.com.
	pushedpawn.org /test6/Latvian_Gambit.htm (306 words)

	RedHotPawn.com - Only Chess : Latvian Gambit Experts?
		There are Latvian Gambit matches/tournaments/correspondance clubs/etc., and the opening defies being pigeon-holed, because it's so dynamic.
		If all you wanted to hear was andquot;Latvian gambit is fantasticandquot; and be narrow-minded is your prerrogative but if a hacker like me could cope with that opening making natural moves the very first time it appeared over the board and without previous study, should tell you something.
		Go ahead, practice your Latvian and be happy but the consensus is that it is more of a curiosity of correspondence play than a serious opening...
	www.redhotpawn.com /board/showthread.php?threadid=19137 (1011 words)

	The Bishop's Opening - Calabrese Countergambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5
		The Calabrese Countergambit is very similar to the Latvian Countergambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5), also known as the Greco Counter Gambit, and can transpose to well-known territory if White responds 3.Nf3 (leading to lines too complex to analyze here at length, though this may well be among White's best options).
		Black's gambit should not be underestimated and White must play actively to secure any advantage against it.
		Black's best therefore is to break symmetry with 3....exf4, transposing to the Lopez Counter Gambit of the Bishop's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 f5!?), a line which has not been extensively examined for nearly 100 years, though it received some scrutiny from Estrin and Glazkov in 1982.
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~goeller/urusov/bishops/f5.htm (2680 words)

	Chess: play online chess
		I don't play Latvian Gambit myself, but as I'm from Latvia, I know some strong experts who use it quite often, so I can ask them too.
		There is a world championship in which players play the Latvian Gambit both with white and with fl.
		The main problem of the Latvian gambit is : If white knows theory then they are able to make safe position with slightly positional advatnage.
	uskidscompute.com /online/chess/1831.shtml (1192 words)

	John Elburg, Kon Grivainis - New Developments in the Latvian Gambit - 80 pages, paperback, 1998.: 7,65 Euro - openings ...
		The Latvian Gambit has gathered an increasing number of supporters who unleash the sparkling gambit at every opportunity, both to enjoy its delightful vigorous action, but also to test ideas and advance the theory of the line.
		The First Latvian Gambit World Championship Tournament provided fertile ground for testing new ideas, which are presented in this book of the games from that event.
		The Latvian Gambit provides an exciting opening option for the enterprising chess player, and this book displays the latest developments in this opening.
	www.niggemann.com /Buecher/7105.html (157 words)

	Chess Guide > Smith-Morra Gambit
		In chess, the Smith-Morra Gambit (or simply Morra Gambit) is a gambit against the Sicilian Defence distinguished by the moves 1.
		In exchange for the gambit pawn, White has developed a piece and a pawn, while Black has nothing but an empty space on c7.
		Another gambit against the Sicilian is the Wing Gambit (1.
	www.chess.freegames.eu.com /strategy-tactics/opening/gambit/smith-morra.html (194 words)

	Latvian Gambit
		If, after examining Watson's apparent refutation, they feel that the Latvian Gambit still lives, write me and together we can search for the truth of the matter (my “truth” being that it deserves to die).
		The Latvian Gambit has a long and storied history in chess literature.
		Taking on the Latvian in the main lines requires a bit of knowledge and familiarity with the critical lines is essential.
	www.jeremysilman.com /chess_opng_anlys/040410_latvian_gambit.html (941 words)

	ChessPublishing.com Forum - The Latvian Gambit!! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In essence, the “philosophical” question about gambits — in our case, the Latvian -, is what makes a gambit playable ?, and the ways for the answer are various.
		A gambit is easily brought about, full of pitfalls for the opponent.
		There are the Two Knights Defense, Rubinstein's Defense to the Four Knights, Marshall's Gambit against the Spanish (or for that matter, many lines of the Archangel involve pawn and piece sacs).
	www.chesspublishing.com /yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1138114865/36 (2969 words)

	G Gamman vs Joseph Henry Blackburne (1869)
		I know this variation is similar to the Traxler gambit, but its not the same...
		This is often the best strategy if you face the Latvian gambit and do not know the opening very well.
		But people who play the Latvian gambit are looking for complex and unorthodox positions and perhaps play them very well (like Blackburn did in this game).
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1028857 (394 words)

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