{"id":93,"date":"2022-10-30T10:24:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T09:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skolasachu.softmedia.cz\/?p=93"},"modified":"2023-09-11T17:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:01:47","slug":"love-is-love-fashion-is-fashion-black-came-to-help-in-the-opening-the-good-old-dragon-but-with-sharpened-teeth-online-i-glance-again-very-old-stafford-gambit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skolasachu.com\/en\/laska-je-laska-moda-je-moda-cernym-prisel-v-zahajeni-na-pomoc-stary-dobry-drak-lec-s-nabrousenymi-zuby-online-blickam-zase-veli-stary-stafforduv-gambit\/","title":{"rendered":"Love is love, fashion is fashion: Black was helped in the opening by the good old Dragon but with sharpened teeth, while online blitz is commanded by the old Stafford Gambit."},"content":{"rendered":"

Dragon Variation with sharpened teeth <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It is not entirely clear whether the increased interest in the classical Dragon with 2...d6 was caused by the coincidental publication of several books by very important authors or the suddenly improving statistics based on several computer discoveries in the Rauzer Attack. In any case, it does not seem that such theoretical aces as Michail Marin, Gawain Jones or recently Anish Giri published their analyses in the form of books or databases (not to mention instructional videos) roughly at the same time purely by chance.<\/p>\n

For all the new ideas, I will mention one preferred by Anish Giri in his book! After the moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0\u20130 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4<\/strong> (Yugoslav Attack)<\/p>\n

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the Dutch super grandmaster recommends the manoeuvre 9...Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6<\/strong> or 9...Qa5 10.0-0-0 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 <\/strong>not fearing the exchange Bxe6 fxe6. Simply put, doubling pawns on the \u201ae\u2018 file was previously conceivable for example in lines with 9.g4 Be6 10.Nxe6, because after opening the \u201af\u2018 file there arises, among other things, a weakness for White in the form of the f3 pawn.<\/p>\n

Unlike the example below, Giri's concept seems to me more than playable. (Of course, you won't find a true novelty today; only the online CB database shows that this was played already in 1938 in the game Panov,V-Pogrebiskij,J semifinal of the USSR Championship, Kiev \/10.Bxe6\/ and even Fischer,R-Larsen,B interzonal tournament, Portoro\u017e, Yugoslavia, 1958 \/11.Bb3\/.)<\/p>\n

I just hope that some reader who has gone through classical chess education will also \u201amanage\u201a the following new idea: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f3<\/strong>. Now a move that has started to appear and is shocking to many 7...h5<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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This<\/em> was, for example, used twice by the Hungarian super grandmaster Richard Rapport at the World Blitz Championship (Warsaw 2021). Originally I did not believe that a book could be published about this \u201asystem\u2018 of play, but it is so. The author Junior Tay calls the system the \u201aHungarian Dragon\u2018. The advance of the \u201ah\u2018 pawn, which was the subject of our previous investigations, naturally also makes sense here. What kind or even which ones? I will leave that to you, dear readers! So how do you think Black will use the 7th move after the seemingly natural 8.Qd2<\/strong>? I will just add that you can learn more about the Hungarian Dragon on the pages of the most popular chess website chess.com.<\/p>\n

Stafford Gambit<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today's contribution mainly focuses on the (gambit) variation of another opening. Alongside the revived Dragon, its popularity has sharply increased due to the huge number of blitz games online.<\/p>\n

I quote from the source below: Stafford Gambit is named after Joseph Stafford, an American chess player who used the gambit in 1950 and won a correspondence game in six moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5.e5 Ne4 6.d3 Bb5 and White resigned. Curiously, the first to play the Stafford Gambit according to the Mega database was Howard Staunton himself (one of the strongest masters of the 19th century) in a simultaneous exhibition in 1857.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/www.chessable.com\/blog\/stafford-gambit-how-to-play-as-white-and-black\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The basic position of the revived Stafford Gambit arises after\u00a0 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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An experienced and stronger player at first glance at the diagram will probably have two fundamental remarks: 1\/ Black's compensation lies in open lines for all black pieces \u2013 so Black has a certain lead in development. 2\/ The gambit can hardly be completely sound, because in the analogous position after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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the basic position of the so-called Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit arises (with our pupils we always used the name Russian Gambit). Here the gambit side itself, that is White, has one more tempo in developing the bishop to c4, and yet it is not entirely clear whether White has sufficient compensation for the small material deficit. A more educated theoretician or player might object again (let's return to the first diagram): \u201eBut where is it written that the king's bishop is best placed on the c5-f2 diagonal? If the opponent defends with the \u201af\u2018 pawn, that is f3, then after the knight jumps from Nf6 to Nh5, intending Qd8-h4, it can also thrive on the d6-h2 diagonal!\u201c Even through the prism of more general theoretical considerations, we see that the situation is not entirely clear. All in all, White really must play very accurately and certainly know something about the variation\u2026<\/p>\n

The gambit has returned from the archive among the living openings not because of its objective quality, but thanks to the attacking character of the position. As we will see, precisely the lead in development, the possibility to continue it literally at lightning speed, and of course primarily the exposed f2 square, place considerable demands even on stronger players. While with enough time a strong player will probably refute the gambit over the board even with modest knowledge of the main lines and recommendations for White, blitz games 5 on 5<\/em>, or better yet 3 on 3<\/em>, not to mention bullet, give Black excellent practical chances<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I cannot fail to mention that a whole range of players are most attracted to using the gambit by a nice series of miniatures and conducting sharp attacks against the White king (even after it manages to castle), while the Black monarch feels almost luxurious in almost all variations, whether it stays on the queenside or its own wing. Even after repelling the first wave of pressure, Black often still has enough active pieces to create threats. These are often more transparent, but the opponent\u2019s clock has also run down! A typical example of such development is the blitz game Gabrielian,A (2472) vs. Caruana,F (2758) Titled Tuesday internet open 27. 9. 2022 in the chapter Second wave of pressure.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Furthermore: often the heroic \u201ah\u2018 pawn is used in the attack on the f2 or h2 square. This phenomenon, but also by itself phenomenon<\/em> is a chapter in its own right\u2026<\/p>\n

Although the author's intention turns rather for White<\/em>, I recommend that all readers replay some (not only) miniatures. And we will begin our exploration of the Stafford (Staunton) Gambit with spectacular miniature games in which White makes a gross blunder!<\/p>\n

Miniatures<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the Stafford Gambit, we find an almost inexhaustible number of traps and miniature games. A strong point of the gambit is also the type of position. In some openings, there is almost no way to get checkmated immediately after the first major mistake, but here it is a completely common phenomenon. I believe that when dear readers replay several of these gems, many will try the gambit in their own practice. Here I also rely on contributions from many readers under some training materials in the form of videos. Let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n