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A TVC Challenge has been issued for Taimanov/Flick Knife Attack In the Bible, Ben-Oni is the name Rachel gives her son as she lays dying in childbirth, and means “child of my sorrow” in Hebrew. And never has an opening in chess been more aptly associated with sorrow than the Benoni - especially nowadays, with the Taimanov variation (or the so-called ‘Flick-Knife Attack', as Dave Norwood graphically describes it in his 1994 book) almost proving to be the death knell for the Benoni. After 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 e6 4 Nc3 exd5 5 cxd5 d6 6 e4 g6 7 f4 Bg7 8 Bb5+, wild gambit play, sacrifices and all-out attack proves to be the order of the day in this aggressive line against the Benoni.

Gambit Lines wins over Team Serbia in 31 moves using the Latvian Gambit. This is a line in the Fraser Variation, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Nc6!? 4.Qh5+g6 5.Nxg6 Nf6 (Introduced in 1873 by the Scot G.B.Fraser) that remained unrefuted in the Latvian Gambit. For the moves that were like dynamites, here is again ACDC's TNT featuring Gambit Line's game in the Milner-Barry Gambit and the Latvian game against the Serbian Group. According to this article, The Latvian Revisited - Part I, the only hope for Black lies in the line 6..fxe4 and whether or not Black has sufficient compensation for the exchange after 7.Nxh8 d5 is a moot point. After 6.Qh3 fxe4 7.Nxh8 d5, White has several lines like 8.Qb3, 8.Qe3, 8.Qh4 and 8.Qg3. White's strongest line is 8.Qg3! not allowing Black to play ..Bg7. Even then Black is not without chances: 8.Qg3 Qe7 9.Bb5 Bg7 10.Ng6 hxg6 11.Qxg6+ Kd7 12.a4 a6 13. Bxc6+ Kxc6, black has a lead in development, 14.Ra3 Be6 15.Qg3 Ng4 16.Rc3+ Kb6! The monarch walks away with nonchalance to settle down at a7. If White plays carelessly with 17.h3? Black responds with 17… Be5! The White queen is trapped. After 8.Qg3, Nd4 is also an interesting line. In our game, the Serbian Group moved 8.Qg3! Qe7 9.Ng6. Gambit Lines strategy in the game was to develop fast and bring out all pieces in the attack. On the 20th move, white gave up its queen but still winning in materials. White's queenside remained undeveloped until its 23rd move, but it was too late. One of our opponents has said: "Neznam kako vi ali nikad nisam video ovako nesto od pocetka se cinilo da cemo ih zgaziti a oni su igrali sve cudne ali jake poteze" "I do not know how, but never seen anything like that. From the beginning it seemed that we crushed them and have played all the moves strange but powerful."

A more aggressive trap line in the Queens Gambit Slav defense ... this shows why to castle quickly and play Nbd7 to prevent white from playing the knight to e5 with an attack on c6. The game ends with endgame technique.

Heyo, I'm playing chess over 2 years now on this site, and I developed quite an agressive style. I'm analysing my games now, and I started to blog and write a little about attacking chess. The second blog is just up, and I'm advertising a little. Check it out: http://www.chess.com/blog/ala_/agressive-amateur-chess-creating-an-upset

See the game just played and find the move Where White could have had an edge... First the .PGN file with no comments... [Event "Live Chess"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2013.07.02"][White "socialista"][Black "learningcoach"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "1457"][BlackElo "1416"][TimeControl "15|10"][Termination "learningcoach won by resignation"]1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe1 Bg4 9.Qh4 Nc6 10.Ne2 e5 11.Bg5 Bxf3 12.Rxf3 exd4 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qxf6 Qd7 15.Raf1 Rae8 16.Bxf7+ Rxf7 17.Qxf7+ Qxf7 18.Rxf7 Rxe2 19.Rf8+ Kg7 20.R1f7+ Kh6 21.Rh8 Ne5 22.Rfxh7+ Kg5 23.h4+ Kg4 24.Rxc7 Kg3 25.h5 0-1 THIS VERSION HAS ALL THE COMMENTS.... [Event "Live Chess"][Site "Chess.com"][Date "2013.07.02"][White "socialista"][Black "learningcoach"][Result "0-1"][WhiteElo "1457"][BlackElo "1416"][TimeControl "15|10"][Termination "learningcoach won by resignation"]1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 {Here Stockfish plays ...e6with eval = -36} g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O {Here S. plays for White 8.Ne5 witheval = -68} 8. Qe1 {now eval = -121, based on anticipated ...Bf5.} Bg4 {Noweval = -101 based on the expected 9.Ne2} 9. Qh4 Nc6 {Here we give Stockfish alot of time to find White's move. 10.Ne2 (!) eval = -60} 10. Ne2 {Here Blackhas ...Bf5 with eval -105. We wonder if the bishop should go to f5 at move 8!?} e5 {This is unsound, allowing White to reduce the Black advantgage to atiny edge with 11.Nxe5. Let's look at that ... Note (A) } 11. Bg5 {Here Blackblows the advantage with a dugious trade on f3. Note (B) - 11. ...e4!?.} Bxf3?12. Rxf3 {Note (C) - Suppose 12. ...Nxd4 and then?} exd4?? {Loses a piece;White has now an easy win [+315 after 13.Rxf6]} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxf6 {Blackhas to trade quens here, but White is stil winning after 14...Qxf6 15.Rxf6 Ne516.Bb3.} Qd7?? 15. Raf1 {Now the attack on f7 has to succeed...} Rae8 {Nowmost forceful is 16.Qxf7+ Rxf7 17.Rxf7 Qd8 18.Rd7 + Kh8 19.Rxd8. AFTER SOMETIME, Chess engine is now giving even higher marks to 16.Ng3!!! ... Note (D)[+682]} 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxf7+ Qxf7 18. Rxf7 Rxe2 {Here 19.Rxc7 [+387]} 19.Rf8+ Kg7 20. R1f7+ Kh6 {Again, rook takes on c7 is the move.} 21. Rh8 Ne5{Which rook? 22.Rhxh7+ [+412]} 22. Rfxh7+ Kg5 {AGAIN White has to be amaterialist and take on c7! [23.Rxc7 .. +355]} 23. h4+ Kg4 24. Rxc7 Kg3 {Thegame should be a draw here ... Note (E)} 25. Kf1 Rxg2 26. Rf8 Nf3 27. Rxf3+Kxf3 28. h5 {How did the chess engind know, back at move 25, that this was adrawn game? [The eval was 0 and it still is.]} g5 29. h6 Rf2+ {Chess engine iscalling for 32.Kg1 nd Draw by Repetition is coming. Suppose however that kinggoes to e1?} 30. Kg1 Rg2+ {not 31.Kh1 Kg3 and Black has an edge.} 31. Kf1 Rf2+{Chess engine is calling for 32.Kg1 nd Draw by Repetition is coming. Supposehowever that king goes to e1?} 32. Ke1 Re2+ 33. Kd1 {Can White avoid the Drawand Win this???} Rh2 34. h7 g4 35. Rxb7 g3 36. Rf7+ Ke3 37. Re7+ Kf3 38. Rf7+ Ke3 {Now White must make a draw...} 39. Re7+ *

What do you say, does this one count as gambit for black? Due to 2 pawns given up at first moves I'd say so.

So Boris Alterman covers the Icelandic gambit in his gambit guide, and he mentions a sideline of Bc5 instead of the standard Bxe6. He says it is "playable even at the master level, but mostly just for fun". The line is very interesting to me and I have won several blazing victories off of it, but unfortunately he only mentions Bc5 and shows no analysis, and I cant find any resources about it online, so everything ive found is original ideas. I was hoping you guys could help me find some ideas after Nf3, which appears to be whites strongest reply. Any ideas on how to improve the line would be appreciated!

Hi the other day at the chess club i created these gambits for the caro kann its ok but if correct moves are played the opponent can just hold the pawn thats the one for the caro this one is when your white Im probably wrong on all of these though since im just a 11 year old 1600 but its interesting

The Old School defeated the formerly unbeaten Vote Chess Masters (VCM), regarded as the toughest group in chess.com in Team Vote Chess. VCM displays an average rating of over 2000. Among the top rated players in their team are ka64ei (2425), rabeaq (2409), and COcowboy (2390). The group is administered by KiNg_ChApO , Alan_Tudor and CaptainJimTKirk as Super-As and their back-up as Admins are darkharvest, thegab03 , MikeDoyle , Chicken_2, Coopah, minalo , and cpctc. The Old School team, on the otherhand, has an average team rating of only 1741 with only four players rated above 2000 such as TwoMove (2213), ellge (2052), cup_of_cow (2013), and nac_ (2005). The game is in the King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Bayonet Attack Sokolov's Line (E97). In the game, the Old School sacrificed a knight, which was first regarded by the VCM players to be unsound. However, the same knight sac had been proven to be deadly in a database game between Berezhevsky Evgeny (2371) vs. Sharafiev Azat (2318), as shown in the link. With the win in a very sharp game against a formidable opponent, I can almost see my teammate tobolskwildnet (1699) doing the victory dance. So here's a youtube video of the game.

The Alapin Gambit in the Ruy Lopez exchange (C69: Ruy Lopez: Exchange Variation, Alapin Gambit) is characterized by the following moves and position: White however does not take the gambit due to Qh4 intending mate and instead moves 7.d3. In order to lure white to take the gambit, a trap move 7...f6 is played which essentially blocks the queen's path to h4. Since the move Qh4 is now blocked, white takes the gambit, the bishop on g4. Black recaptures with the h-pawn, hxg4, opening the h-file, bringing instantly the rook in the attack. Black capitalizes on the position of white's king, the rook in the open h-file, and a Bc5+, with almost similar set up as the Greco mate. Here's our TVC game with this 7...f6 trap, which we named the Killer Trap.

This is a TVC game between the Bogolyubov Variations and the Old School. The game is in C33: King's Gambit: Accepted, Bishop's Gambit Bogoljubow Variation. Old School (black) played the opening moves by following Karpov's 1969 game against Castro (shown below) up to 10...Nc6. The position after 11.Qxb7 is as follows: From the above position, the Old School decided to play gambits with 11...Qh4+, leaving its queenside pieces unprotected which were then collected by white's queen. Black sacrificed the rook and a knight. White started to rejoice anticipating an easy win. A few more moves later, however, white's queen is trapped and had to be traded with a piece. White found itself hopeless and its only hope is a miracle. Black on the otherhand blundered its last three moves and decided to resign. Well, even Michael Jordan missed 28 of his final game-winning shots. We lost the game but chess is not all about winning, it is the quality of the game that matters most. On the second thought I still like to win and winning is everything! Here is a youtube video of the game.

The Cochrane Gambit - [C42] Conquering Cochrane Concepts - by IM David Pruess

This is a game between my group, the Unit vs the Philippine Finest. It is a long game with advantage shifting back and forth but finally ended in a draw. Chess is a game decided by the opposing players' mistakes or blunders. To a friend of mine, losing a game or giving up a sure win is heart-breaking. This was after he lost to me three times while we were talking about how his relationship with two women ended. Chess and love story are difficult to mix. He broke up with his first girlfriend to concentrate with only one woman in his life. However, after knowing that she was a part of that so called triangle, the second girlfriend broke up too with him that same day. Chess is not the game for the broken-hearted. How can you play good chess while talking about lovelife? geez!

A music video featuring our wins in the Milner-Barry Gambit and in the Latvian Gambit for the moves that were like dynamite.

Dear Gambiteers, Gambit Lines is being reorganized with a new name and with a new attitude, the Gambit Ears. Please follow the link, and join Gambit Ears for more exciting vote chess games, team match ups, and lively discussions. Thank you.

my friends, i'm laying low from chess for a while. i had so much fun since i joined chess.com in february of this year, but there are priorities i have to concentrate on first in order for me to gain more chess playing time in the future. sollevy10 is signing off. if you need points, invite me for a game tonight so i can unload these rating points to those who need them. thanks you for the memories. good luck to all.

This could be alternatively titled "Benko Gambit from Hell" or "Desparado 2"

Gambit Lines is playing a new TVC in the Benko Gambit against one of the toughest groups in chess.com, the Vote Chess Assassins. The group is administered by Alan_Tudor , also known as the King of Vote Chess and KiNg_ChApO, also known as the sweet KC as Super-As, supported by their Admin(s): MikeDoyle , thegab03 , jbell3, darkharvest, CaptainJimTKirk . Their top rated players include FIDE Master players such as VPA (2478), arpadkoblos (2460), rabeaq (2398). Follow the link and please join us. The game is dubbed Rematch after Gambit Lines defeated the Assassins in a thematic game in French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit losing in only 16 moves excluding the thematic opening moves. The game is shown below. The music video is for my teammates for their moves that were like dynamites. Here is AC/DC in TNT. Andrew Martin wrote in the ABC of the Benko Gambit the following: “If you just heard about the Benko Gambit it must sound like a dream opening – you give one pawn, and for that miserable pawn, you get (1) everlasting initiative on the Queenside, (2) a healthy pawn formation and (3) a safe king, and all that when playing Black! As a matter of fact, it is a rather great gambit, and for this reason it has been played by some of chess greatest including Benko, Bronstein, Topalov, Adams, and even Kasparov tried it, when he was desperate for a win in Black. The power of the Benko Gambit is even stronger at the amateur level, because Black has a position where natural moves on both sides work better for him, and he has a clear strategic plan that works fine even if the queens are swiped off the board before he manages to capture back his sacrificed pawn." The original name of the opening was the Volga Gambit, named after the Volga River because of an article about 3...b5!? by B. Argunow written in Kuibyshev (Samara since 1991), Russia, that was published in the second issue of 1946 of the magazine Schachmaty in USSR. The term is still widely used in Russian literature. Beginning in the late 1960s, this opening idea was also promoted by Pal Benko, a Hungarian-American Grandmaster, who provided many new suggestions and published his book The Benko Gambit in 1974. The name Benko Gambit stuck and is particularly used in English-speaking countries. The main line continues with the moves 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 followed by Black fianchettoing the f8-bishop. Black's compensation for the pawn takes several forms. Firstly, White must solve the problem of developing the f1-bishop. After 6. Nc3 d6, if White plays 7.e4, then Black will play 7...Bxf1, and after recapturing with the king, White will have to spend time castling artificially with g3 and Kg2, as in the line 7....Bxf1 8.Kxf1 g6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2. If White avoids this by fianchettoing the bishop, it will be in a rather passive position, being blocked by White's own pawn on d5. Apart from this, Black also obtains fast development and good control of the a1–h8 diagonal and can exert pressure down the half-open a- and b-files. These are benefits which can last well into the endgame and so, unusually for a gambit, Black does not generally mind if queens are exchanged; indeed, such an exchange can often usefully remove the sting from a kingside attack by White. Although the main line of the Benko is considered acceptable for White, there are various alternatives which avoid some of the problems entailed in the main line. The simplest is to just decline the gambit with 4.Nf3 or 4.a4. Another idea, which is popular at the grandmaster level as of 2004, is to accept the pawn but then immediately give it back with 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6. Another popular alternative is 5.e3.

Gambit Lines celebrates victory in Milner-Barry Gambit against one of the toughest TVC groups, the Vote Chess Assassins in only 22 moves. See the game on this link: French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit