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re:Latvian Gambit - 2006/06/30 20:54
gambits such as the philidor countergambit, the smith-morra, the sicillian and french wing gambtis, the blackmore-diemer, etc. risks to generate counterchances and try to get his opponent out of his preparation as quickly as possible. words, black doesn`t get enough for the pawn) but, as Joe Galagher said of another gambit, "Just because it`s not sound doesn`t mean it`s not dangerous!" playing these gambits. (Lest I be accused of living in a glass house here, I must confess that I`ve pulled out the Gorring gambit myself in tournaments. My prettiest win came with it.) The fact is that at the club level, especially the weaker club levels, most players aren`t great defenders, and so if you can wrest the initiative it will often cascade into a crushing attack. glanced at how you`re supposed to play it. For someone who hasn`t, it could be pretty dangerous--although, as I`ve said before, I`m not terribly convinced. students use opening like the Latvian to get into wild, tactical situations as quickly as possible. They don`t give them much opening prep, just set them lose. I know there are some teachers who have had good success with this method. will only support so many books on the Ruy Lopez. There are a lot of weak players who buy tons of opening books looking for the cure which will solve their opening problems forever; many of these players are convinced that games are won or lost in the opening, and so picking a choice which their opponent will be unfamiliar with is a recipie for success. These people buy lots of books. dishonest analysis to support their cause. Nunn (who by the way said that Kosten`s book on the Latvian was one of the better-made book of the type, but nevertheless found some holes in the analysis) suggested that this book is neccesarily going to have questionable analysis, for a variety of reasons: first, there isn`t lots of grandmaster practice to draw examples from; second, the title of the book demands that the author come to certain conclusions--you can`t write a book called "Winning with the Latvian" and then come to the conclusion that it`s bad for black, etc.
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