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Some
players have believed that chess is almost dead. That there is no more
to be discovered in the openings. That you have to memorize 20 moves deep
to play a correct game of chess. I do not believe that this is true.
There are still many new and exciting opening lines to discover. Chess
is still vast and unexplored.
I started playing tournament chess with
regular orthodox chess openings such as the Ruy Lopez, French Defense,
Sicilian Defense, Colle System, Caro-Kann Defense, Stonewall Attack & etc.
And I used to play a more positional type of game. I first played the
Latvian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5) in tournament games and was not
discouraged by my initial loss with this gambit. The Latvian Gambit
took me from a USCF Class D rating to a Class A rating. I went on to
improve it with every tournament I had played in. And I scored many
wins with the Latvian. It was not till I had discovered the Queens
Pawn Grob Opening (1.d4 Nf6 2.g4) that I did win the Hawaii State Chess
Championship. And it was not till I had correspondence with Hugh E.
Myers of Myers Openings Bulletins that I had realized that I was not the
first to play this gambit. It had been played by a number of other
players such as the late actor Humphrey Bogart, GM David Bronstein, Claude
Bloodgood and a whole host of other players. The gambit had later been
officially named the Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit.
 In
1986 I had won the Hawaii State Chess Championship in a three way tie for
first. There were no tie breaks then, so we were all declared
co-champions. It was not till 1987 that I had won the Hawaii State
Chess Championship with a score of 5 ½ points out of 6 rounds with no tie
for first place. My closest rival had 4 ½ points. In that same
year I received my Master’s certificate from the U.S. Chess Federation for
achieving the Masters rating of 2205. Over the years I have won
various tournaments such as the Hawaii State Class Championship where I
defeated fellow expert Patrick Perry for the championship of the
Expert/Master section of this tournament. I have since played in a
number of Hawaii International Chess Tournaments during the 1990’s. My
best result was 4 wins, 3 losses and 3 draws for a plus score. It was
the best result among Hawaii players that did participate in the
International for that year. It was not a bad result considering that
my only losses were to GM Eduard Gufeld, GM Pavel Blatny and to IM Anthony
Saidy.
Over the years, I have submitted my game
scores and chess articles to be published by Rand Springer, that German
Theoretical Chess Openings Magazine, which is no longer in print. I
also had two articles published in the New England Chess Publication called
Chess Horizons. My first article was on the Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit
(1.d4 Nf6 2.g4) and the second on the Halasz Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4
3.f4). You can find my name listed in Eric Schiller’s chess books such
as the “Big Book of Busts”, “Unorthodox Chess Openings Vol. 2”, “Gambit
Chess Openings” and “A Gambit Repertoire for White”. And two of my
games were featured in that recent article called “Come to the Dark Side” by
Tim McGrew of Gambit Cartel at
www.chesscafe.com.
We are still very much trapped by what we
believe in. A lot of players will never play chess openings which are
considered unsound. For example my friend National Master Reynolds
Takata once declared that there can be no gambit played against the moves
1.d4 d5 2. Nf3 because 2…e5 cannot be played because it drops a pawn with
either 3.dxe4 or 3.Nxe5. But after having played the Blackmar-Diemer
Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3) and the
Omega Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.e4), I believed that the move 2…e5 was
possible. It leads to 2 types of gambit positions. After 2…e5
3.dxe5 f6 we have a reversed Blackmar-Diemer Gambit type of
 position.
And after 2…e5 3.Nxe5 Nc6 4.Nxc6 bxc6 we have a reversed Omega Gambit type
of position from the Black side. Even playing some gambit like the
Medusa Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g5) can be beneficial in practice games.
It is not sound but your tactical part of your game can improve by learning
the tactics involved in that gambit.
Currently I am on the Yahoo
Unorthodox Chess Openings Newsgroup.
I do post messages and files to this newsgroup on a regular basis and have
written articles for the UCO Newsgroups Newsletter. Meanwhile, come
along with me in the articles below, as together we search for dragons, and
mythical chess openings...
Index of Articles -
Links are to further descriptions below.
The Omega Ω Gambit Part
2. Here in Part 2 we look at the
Gambit Declined:
1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 and now Black can decline
the gambit by 2...d6; 2...e6; 2...g6; 2...c6; 2...c5; 2...d5; or 2...e5.
Index of Articles/Openings
Franco-Hive Gambit Part 2 -
The Franco-Hiva Gambit Declined. "Your opponents will not always take the
gambit pawns at f5, e6 and at d7. In fact they may not take any of the
pawns starting with the pawn at f5..."
Index of Articles/Openings
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The Medusa Gambit: "According
to Greek mythology Medusa was a mortal woman who was transformed into a
Gorgon. A Gorgon was a hideous creature with wings, claws,
enormous teeth and snakes for hair. Medusa was slain by Perseus, but
even in death Medusa was still so frightful that it turned any onlooker
into stone. For a long time I had thought that the Medusa Gambit
((1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)) was unsound, but the more I played it, the more I liked it! Maybe I had
too much fun playing it..." |
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Jonny Hector |
Jonny Hector
- UCO Hero: A brief biography and survey of the Unorthodox
Chess Openings that he's known to play, Clyde Nakamura. Also
included is a free download of 2025 of his gamers, in zipped PGN format.
Jonny Hector, 39, is a Swedish chess grandmaster, who has lived in
Denmark for more than 10 years. He learned chess at the relatively late
age of 14, but quickly became a very strong player. He is an
experienced, aggressive, grandmaster with a classical opening repertoire
and a fierce attacking style, and is known for playing unusual chess
openings... |
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The
Regina-Nu Gambits:
This is a short article which is basically a survey of the Regina-Nu Gambits.
"There exists a family of
gambits where the c-, b- and a-pawns are sacrificed for the
opponent's d- pawn. These are the Regina-Nu Gambits.
This includes..." |
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Games
Databases! 22,796 games + lines in zip format. When unzipped
it is 13.7 MBs. In zip format it is 3.7 MBs. The database is
sorted by year. It took me some work to create this database. I
started with 65,000 Orangutan games and had to take out the duplicate games.
Also, I've included 3,456 Grob Attack games in zipped pgn format; 603 kb
zipped, 2.06 MB unzipped. Download them here:
22,796 Orangutan games
3,456 Grob Attack games
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I agree with
Eric Schiller that the 3...Nxg4 4.e4 Qh4 line is bad for White, however I do
not believe that the Devin Gambit is bad and not playable - because Schiller
did not look at 3...Nxg4 4.Nf3 which stops Black's Queen from moving to h4.
If Black accepts the g-pawn sacrifice and castles kingside, Black will be
facing a very strong kingside attack... |
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Oh brave chess
knight, thou seekest the Holy Grail of Chess...
Behold the Keoni-Hiva Gambit, for it is the ultimate chess opening gambit.
 The Keoni-Hiva Gambit
Part 1: Clyde writes "The
Keoni-Hiva Gambit has been one of my deadliest chess opening gambits.
I have taken many wins against 2200+ rated players on the Internet Chess
Club and the US Chess Federation Server at various time controls ranging
from game in 5 minutes to game in 15 minutes. The Keoni-Hiva Gambit is
indeed the “Holy Grail” of chess and the ultimate chess opening gambit..."
The
Keoni-Hiva Gambit Part 2: Clyde looks at The Keoni-Hiva Gambit
Delayed, The Keoni-Hiva Gambit Declined, Transpositions to a Keoni-Hiva
Gambit From Other Openings, and provides an extensive concluding assessment
of the gambit. |
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"The opening known as
The Zaire
can be played from both the White side or the Black side. Basically
to play the Zaire you move both your knights out and move both of them
back to their original squares. You can move one knight out and
retreat it and then move the other knight out also retreat it or you
can move both knights out and retreat each knight one at a time. You
are actually spotting your opponent 4 moves. Some players are
actually insulted if you play the Zaire against them. 1.e4
Nf6 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Ng8 4.Bc4 Nb8..." |
Possible starting position
from the black side.
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 Chess Engine Update: Clyde
Nakamura provides short descriptions and links to more than a dozen
different mostly free chess engines, and describes how he uses them in his
writing and research. Writes Clyde, "Although
my specialty has been unorthodox chess openings, I use the various strong
computer chess engines to test my unorthodox chess openings. We live in an
age where computers have become an important part of everyday life and also
an important part of chess. Since 1985 I realized that I would be left
behind in life if I was not literate in the usage of computers..."
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Inverse
Chess Openings. "There exists a chess opening Universe
that I am just beginning to understand. What if you could play a Black
chess opening from the White side of the board? 1.e3 e5 2.e4 is an
example of an Inverse Chess Opening. This would be like playing Black
from the White side with the same move count. You can have the same
openings from the White side as you do from the Black side...In an Inverse
Chess Opening you give up a move as White to play a Black Opening with
White. A reverse chess opening is an opening that you play with reversed
colors but there is no move loss. An Inverse Chess Opening is a chess
opening where you play an opening of the opposite color with the loss of one
move. The term “Inverse Chess Opening” was invented by Eric Schiller..." |
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Mutkin Counter Gambit
"There have been a
number of early g4 pawn gambits such as the Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit (1.d4
Nf6 2.g4), the Devin Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g4),
and the
Tuebingen Gambit (1.Nc3 Nf6 2.g4).
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Cambridge
Gambit: in the
Alekhine’s
Defense Four Pawns Attack (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4).
"The Cambridge Gambit is
an interesting and playable line against the Alekhine’s Defense Four Pawns
Attack because it is not well known. Your opponent will certainly be
surprised by the 5…g5 move. Currently there is no known refutation of this
gambit, but according to IM Jeremy Silman there could eventually [could]
be... I have covered the five main lines of the Cambridge Gambit. The
6.exd6 is the main line in the Cambridge Gambit because this line is the one
most often played. The most dangerous line for Black in the Cambridge
Gambit is the 6.Qh5 line because Black has to play very accurately to stay
alive..." |
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Polish-Sicilian Gambit: "Over
sixteen years ago I had played a Sicilian Defense (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3) in
a 5-minute blitz game and on the spur of the moment had played the move
2…b5 a new gambit move in the Sicilian Defense. I played the 2…b5
move because I wanted to see the look of surprise on my opponent’s face.
Yes, the b-pawn drops..." |
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Chiodini's Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5 3.Nxe5 Nc6:
"In
1997 Stefano Vezzani, an email chess friend had said that his friend had
invented a new gambit from the black side called Chiodini's Gambit (1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Bc5 3.Nxe5 Nc6)... I recently compiled a database of this gambit
and found that the gambit originated in 1906 in the game David Baird -
Busch..." |
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The
Omega-Delta Gambit "The Omega-Delta Gambit
(1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 e5) is a second generation
Omega Gambit and I was very fascinated with playing this reversed form of
the Omega Gambit. I had played many Omega Gambit games already, so I
was very familiar with the strategy and tactics of an Omega Gambit from
either side of the board. I experimented with
this gambit against the chess programs Chess Genius, Chessica and MChess Pro
to find out what it's strategic and tactical ideas were..." |
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Index of Articles/Openings |
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Free Download: Schliemann Gambit - 16,095 games and 22
analysis lines of the Schliemann Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f4).
These games and lines are provided in a zipped PGN file of 4.1 MB in size. |
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The Colorado Gambit: The
Colorado Gambit is a fascinating opening gambit because it has elements of
different openings such as the Kings Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4), the Dutch
Defense (1.d4 f5 or 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5) and the Birds Opening (1.f4), Froms
Gambit (1.f4 e5), Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3) and other openings. But this
also makes the Colorado very difficult to play because you have to
understand the basics of these other chess openings before you can play the
Colorado Gambit. It is really advanced gambit theory... |
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UCO Hero - IM Michael Basman:
Michael J. Basman (born in 1946 at St Pancras, London, England) is an
English chess player, and International Master, who is a prolific writer,
chess teacher, chess coach and an organizer who has made many contributions
to the field of unorthodox flank chess openings... |
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Elephant Gambit Miniatures:
"To learn any new chess opening or gambit it has been my
practice to first look at the miniature games in that opening you intend to
master... By looking at miniature games you can
quickly pick up on the traps, tactics, strategy and opening mistakes that
can decide the game. In this article I will show some key
miniature Elephant Gambit games (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5) to give you an
idea of how to play this interesting gambit..." |
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The Mokele Membe Lives: "Around
1985 I read an article about IM Stefan Buecker who had some radical ideas
about chess openings and he had been playing some strange new openings such
as the Mokele Mbembe, Vulture and etc. He wrote a monograph on the Mokele
Mbembe and a book on the Vulture was also published. I started playing the
Mokele Mbembe (1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ne4) as my main black to defense to
1.e4..." |
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The Psychology of
Gambit Chess
Openings: "A gambit chess
opening involves the sacrifice of one or more pawns, pieces or even
a combination of pawns and pieces in the
opening part of the game to obtain compensation in terms of better central
control, better development of pieces or some other kind of advantage.
Playing a gambit chess opening in a chess game requires a different mindset
from playing a regular chess opening where no pawns or pieces are sacrificed
early in the opening..." |
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Behold the
Omega-Achilles Gambit - Part 1: "I
have always been fascinated with the unknown, whether it is in chess,
science, archaeology, ancient civilizations, cosmology, paleontology, human
origins and etc... A
majority of chess players are limited by the belief that sacrificing a pawn
in the opening is bad for your chess game, but this is not necessarily true.
For the sacrificed pawn there is some kind of compensation whether it is
quick development, freedom of piece movement, a space advantage, or even a
temporary advantage of more minor pieces to attack with on one side of the
board..." |
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Behold the
Omega-Achilles Gambit - Part 2 Clyde continues to focus his
unique perspective on the Omega-Achilles Gambit (1.c4 Nf6 2.e4) by looking
at various attempts to decline the gambit, provides his overall assessment
of the gambit, and provides a variety of links and other resources,
including a zipped pgn file with the games in this article. |
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UCO Hero Hugh E.
Myers: Clyde presents a retrospective of his friend and
Unorthodox Chess Openings Hero Hugh Myers, including his personal biography
along with a look back at his contributions to the development of the
Nimzovitch Defence and other UCO opening's theory and development.
Included are zipped pgn files of 141 of Hugh's games, as well as a separate
file containing the 21 games annotated for this article, including wins over
the likes of William Lombardy, Vladimir Savon, and an oh-so-close
game against Svetozar Gligoric from the 1968 Lucerne Olympics. |
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