The Nameless (Completely Unsound) Gambit

once Black knows d5! / Na5!, it’s just a bad Fried Liver cosplay and White is down material with no compensation. The real culprit isn’t the gambit, its opponents autopiloting with ...h6?? instead of actually remembering theory

https://lichess.org/QTeI0eOl

Looks like you know neither.

@kingmizaan said in #31: > once Black knows d5! / Na5!, it’s just a bad Fried Liver cosplay and White is down material with no compensation. The real culprit isn’t the gambit, its opponents autopiloting with ...h6?? instead of actually remembering theory https://lichess.org/QTeI0eOl Looks like you know neither.

noahlz

@Monchi said in #33:

The way the article is written you'd almost think that h6 is a mistake!

I don't get it either... h6 is not strictly a "mistake" in that black is still "winning." But then again in the Halloween Gambit after 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 black winning with -2.0 but white has a Lichess win rate of 54%.

Someone smarter than me will need to elaborate on chess psychology.

% gets slightly better when you remove bullet and hyperbullet, or raise the minimum rating threshold, of course. But white still has >50% win in the Halloween Gambit even after their "mistake"

@Monchi said in #33: > The way the article is written you'd almost think that h6 is a mistake! I don't get it either... h6 is not strictly a "mistake" in that black is still "winning." But then again in the Halloween Gambit after 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 black winning with -2.0 but white has a Lichess win rate of 54%. Someone smarter than me will need to elaborate on chess psychology. % gets slightly better when you remove bullet and hyperbullet, or raise the minimum rating threshold, of course. But white still has >50% win in the Halloween Gambit even after their "mistake"

kingmizaan

@IamNOTamod said in #32:

once Black knows d5! / Na5!, it’s just a bad Fried Liver cosplay and White is down material with no compensation. The real culprit isn’t the gambit, its opponents autopiloting with ...h6?? instead of actually remembering theory

https://lichess.org/QTeI0eOl

Looks like you know neither.

Fair point. I missed that idea and fell for the gambit. Good use of the database example.

@IamNOTamod said in #32: > > once Black knows d5! / Na5!, it’s just a bad Fried Liver cosplay and White is down material with no compensation. The real culprit isn’t the gambit, its opponents autopiloting with ...h6?? instead of actually remembering theory > > > https://lichess.org/QTeI0eOl > Looks like you know neither. Fair point. I missed that idea and fell for the gambit. Good use of the database example.

rishaankeyur

Thats a lot of writing

By the way they are 3 chess boards that say start but they are same thing?

The ones that links to the studies

Awesome blog and by the way thanks for telling us that. I always play h6. Now i wont.

Thats a lot of writing By the way they are 3 chess boards that say start but they are same thing? The ones that links to the studies Awesome blog and by the way thanks for telling us that. I always play h6. Now i wont.

noahlz

@rishaankeyur said in #36:

Thats a lot of writing

By the way they are 3 chess boards that say start but they are same thing?

The ones that links to the studies

Ah, Lichess doesn't have a good way to create puzzles or embed "interactive lesson" study chapters one-at-a-time in blog posts (as opposed to study chapters)

I'll edit the post to make it clear the "Start" links you to a the study.

Awesome blog and by the way thanks for telling us that. I always play h6. Now i wont.

You're welcome!

@rishaankeyur said in #36: > Thats a lot of writing > > By the way they are 3 chess boards that say start but they are same thing? > > The ones that links to the studies Ah, Lichess doesn't have a good way to create puzzles or embed "interactive lesson" study chapters one-at-a-time in blog posts (as opposed to study chapters) I'll edit the post to make it clear the "Start" links you to a the study. > Awesome blog and by the way thanks for telling us that. I always play h6. Now i wont. You're welcome!

rishaankeyur

It clearly improved my game in one day! This should become famous!!!!