[BrianWall-ChessList] Mozzerking attacks Renae Defense of the Halloween Gambit

[Brian Wall]

----- Forwarded message from mozzerking <gonnosuke at chess.com> -----
    Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:57:46 -0000
    From: mozzerking <gonnosuke at chess.com>
Reply-To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [UnorthodoxChessOpenings] Re: Xabierml - Halloween on Christmas
      To: UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com

In practical terms, I think 7...Bd6 is a concession of sorts -- white
threw down the gauntlet with the Knight sacrifice and with 7...Bd6,
black blinked.  Attempting to return the material so meekly speaks
volumes about the mindset of the second player since it reveals his
desire to avoid irrational, gambiteering positions at all costs.  I
mention this because I think that  8.Nb5 Nxe4!? (the line recommended by
Maurits Wind) leads to exactly the type of position that black was
hoping to avoid in the first place!  That said, I think there are some
possible improvements for white after 8.Nb5 Nxe4:

Instead of 9.Qe2, how about 9.fxe5 Bxe5 10.Qf3!?  threatening the Knight
and preventing an immediate f5.  Black can continue with moves like Qh4
or Qe7 but it looks to me like white is still very much in hunt.  At a
minimum, white's playing the kind of game he was hoping to play....

Yes, I'm a Halloween Gambit fanboy.  :-)

Regards,
Roy Gates

--- In UnorthodoxChessOpenings at yahoogroups.com, "Antonio Torrecillas"
atorreci at ...> wrote:

 Hello,

 2009/1/15 mozzerking gonnosuke at ...:
 Continuing the discussion of 7...Bd6, I don't think that white is
 necessarily forced into responding 8.fxe5. One alternative that
looks
 especially promising and ensures the game remains "Halloweenish" is
this
 line:

 8.Nb5 Ng6 9. e5 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. d6! cxd6 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 and
now
 the game is starting to "look" like a Halloween game as this
position is
 similar to the kind that arises after the Nc6 Knight retreat. The
 gambiteering spirit lives....

 (About the 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5
Ne5
 7. f4 Bd6 line)

 Yes, white can consider alternatives to 8.fxe5

 After the move you suggested Maurits Wind proposed 6 years ago the
line
 8.Nb5 Nxe4!? 9.Qe2 Qh4 10.g3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qxh1 12.fxe5 Bb4 13.c3 Ba5
 evaluating that as better for black.

 As you can see, there are many possible ideas and it's needed a lot of
 practical tests to discover the truth here.

 --
 un saludo,
 Antonio Torrecillas

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