Chess Opening: Charlick Gambit
Thursday, July 8th, 2010 at
4:12 am
A nice opening gambit by black to get white in a bad situation.
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I really enjoyed that video; I did not know about that gambit before.
Thanks a lot!
ive heard it called the englund gambit. never heard it called the charlick gambit before and never heard of that guy.
I played this one time vs. a Master in a QC event as a shocker and managed a draw, but it really is unsound.
However, I do want to compliment this young man greatly on his delivery and confidence. I’ve been trying to make a chess video that I just cannot get past my poor public speaking skills to deliver a product I consider satisfactory.
Keep up the good work! You get 5 stars from me.
1. d4 e5 2. e4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qa4
Is how I normally play against this.
I play….
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 (Blackmar Diemer Gambit)
To shock my opponent at times. It is similar to the Englund gambit.
thanks kid keep it up
nice job, kid
Kid has rybka aquarium! Wish I had that when I was young.
Excellent presentation, keep it up!
6. Bc3 is definately not the way to play against the englund gambit. 6. Nc3 is much better. Sometime black will try 6…Nb4 but this is met with 7. Nd4 and black’s attack stalls, he has no compensation for the gambit pawn and is in fact in a very bad position..
Kid ur not easy to follow your video doesnt always match what ur saying
I don’t like blocking in the dark squared f8 bishop, so I check first before Qe7.