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That is fine. Its the moves that were never ever made before in all formats. I never knew much about chess, but I know there are positions left underlying thank you!
I really couldn't get every single position. It's like a youtube video where I'd pick shortened versions or not really give an insight to them all. Maybe this blog is a sign for you to study the opening to the fullest :)
Don't take this the wrong way, I love the series and your style, but I think that publishing a gambit per day, even if that means you have material for two years or so, is not useful for you or for us.
My argument is that you need to take the time to digest it and try it out. A day isn't nearly enough to read the posts even. How can I trust that you know what you're talking about when you have a day to write the material?
I remember when Jonathan Schrantz (zolpi) was going through an Excel of 700 gambits trying to get a win for as many as possible. And even when he was playing the moves, he wasn't following the spirit of the gambit and was winning for other reasons than the opening, making the exercise moot.
Now I am not advocating to only write these things when you're reached GM level and you understand every gambit through the deep moves, just to not fall into the other extreme and serve entertaining content rather than useful information.
@TotalNoob69 The purpose of these gambits were to actually help players who are really struggling in the 100-1000 elo mark and the serious ones are for the general audience really and I have actually studied gambits in advance but exceptions like the Alien (where I had to learn it the day I posted the Grob and well it lowkey took a week) have kind of stopped the production of the series for a while.
Another purpose I created this series is because I want to show a more chaotic side of chess where it's basically overlooked and also gives me a chance to express myself in chaotic gambits because well I've actually matured too early (ever since I was a young age) and doing this actually helps me in a way (and builds knowledge of certain gambits because people actually play this against me). So yeah, that's why I have been adding serious gambits to the collection (the Vienna was the start).
My blogs aren't telling people to actually play it, but rather try and watch out for these, but some GMs (and even Magnus) play some of these unsound gambits (the Hillbilly for example).
Don't worry, I'm not really taking this the wrong way, your advice is something I would take and thank you for, so yeah.
I think it may be more difficult to write about gambits which are more serious. Crazy gambits are mostly one-trick ponies. The opponent either falls into the trap or not. There's simply less to cover. Writing about gambits that are not objectively trash is demanding more time and effort.
To be honest, I also liked the posts about 'unserious' gambits because there is simply less material (posts, videos, etc.) of this kind. Of course adding serious gambits is completely up to you, and I wish you luck in expressing your personality in this quite crowded field of content creation.
benko is fine it is totally playable i usually comment that many problems and all in this series but beo is fine till a solid 1800s fide rating i have learnt it did not suite me but completly playable a few titled coaches have actually recomend this not 1 day if you want to play then spend sometime this and the vienna is not bad iam posting this after the 10th evans and evans is killer i did read from yours but great opening for rapid ,blitz and yeah i have good results in evans and benko is fine