UCO

The Omega Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.
e4) Part 1
Introduction
After I had independently discovered the Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.g4) I
realized that there was another possible gambit after 1.d4 Nf6. I believed that 2.e4 was
possible. I named this new gambit the Omega Gambit after watching a Charlton Heston
movie called "The Omega Man". Omega () is also the last letter in the Greek alphabet.
The Omega gambit can also be played by the move sequence 1.e4 Nf6 which is an Alekhines Defense (1.e4
Nf6) and 2.d4. National Master Robert Reynolds, Grandmaster Hellers, Grandmaster Nick DeFirmian, Master
Tim McGrew of the Gambit Cartel on www.chesscafe.com and according to Eric Schiller a number of
Chicago players had also played this gambit. The Omega Gambit has also been called the Reynolds Gambit
and the Bo Gambit.
The main Omega Gambit accepted line is 1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3.
The variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Bd3 is called the Arafat Gambit. Another possible accepted line is 1.d4
Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nd2 which was suggested by my computer chess program Zarkov. Also possible is 1.d4 Nf6
2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 where Black does not exchange his Knight. This is the other main accepted line. If
Black does not play the 2Nxc3 move right away White can still play the gambit by playing 3.Be3.
The following game was my first tournament game with the Omega Gambit, from the year 1985. This game
appeared in a Rand Springer article in German with the title of Freak Offense. I went on to play some test
games against some of my computer chess programs and in many 5-minute blitz games on the Internet Chess
Club, The USCL Chess Server and on Playchess.com.
Clyde Nakamura Scott Roods

Hawaii 1985
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nd2 e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. c3 h6 8. Bh4 Qd6 9. Nh3 Ne4 10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Bg3 f5 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Bc2 Be8 16. Qe2 Kd7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. d5
exd5 19. Bxf5+ 1-0
Omega Gambit Accepted
Main accepted line
1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3
Black has exchanged his King Knight for Whites Queen Knight. The tempo count remains the same but Black
has weakened his king side. He has one less piece guarding the king. White has the two Bishops, a half open
b-file and a half open e-file to work with. Whites king side attack if very dangerous and Black has to play a
very precise defense to survive.
I 4e6 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 (Black plays a pure French Defense type of pawn formation with c5.)
Evilone (2067) sss20 (1910)

Internet Chess Club 10/26/97
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 e6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 {The French Pawn formation.} 7. Ng5 h6
{?} 8. Qh5 Qf6 (8... g6 9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Qxg6+ Kd7 11. Nf7 (11. Qxe6+ Kc7 12. Bf4+ Bd6 13. Bxd6+ Qxd6
14. Qxd6+ Kxd6 15. Nf7+ Ke7 16. Nxh8 Kf6 17. O-O-O Nc6 18. Rde1 Bf5 19. dxc5 Rxh8 20. Re2 Rc8 21. f3
h5 22. Rhe1 {= 0.00}) 11... Qe7 12. Nxh8 Qg7 13. Qxg7+ Bxg7 14. Nf7 cxd4 15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16. Nxh6 dxc3
17. f4 Ke7 18. Ng4 Nc6 19. h4 Nd4 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. h5 Ba4 22. Kd1 Rg8 23. h6 Nxc2 24. Nxc2 Rxg2 25. Rc1
Rd2+ 26. Ke1 Bxc2 27. h7 Bxh7 28. Rxh7+ Kf6 29. Rxc3 Rxa2 30. Rxb7 a5 31. Rc8 Ra4 32. Rf8+ Kg6 33.
Ke2 Ra2+ 34. Ke3 Ra4 35. Re7 Re4+ 36. Kf3 a4 37. Rg8+ Kf6 38. Rgg7 e5 39. fxe5+ Kf5 40. Rgf7+ Kg5 41.
Rf8 Re1 42. Kf2 Rb1 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. Rg4 Kh7 45. e6 Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Rb3+ 47. Kh4 Rb6 48. Rf7+ Kh8 49.
Rf6 Rb7 50. Rh6+ Rh7 51. Rxh7+ Kxh7 52. e7 a3 53. e8=Q a2 54. Qh5#) 9. Nxf7 c4 10. Nxh8+ Ke7 11.
Ng6+ Kd7 12. Ne5+ Kc7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nxd7 (14. f4 Rb8 15. Rb1 Bd6 16. Nf7 Be7 17. f5 Qxf5 18. Qxf5
exf5 19. Bf4+ Kc6 20. Bxb8 Nxb8 21. Ne5+ Kd6 22. Bf3 b6 23. Kd1 Be6 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Ng6 Bg5 26. h4
Bf6 27. Rb5 Bf7 28. Nh8 Be6 29. Rxe6+ Kxe6 30. Bxd5+ Kd6 31. Bxc4 Bxh4 32. Rxf5 Nc6 33. Ng6 Be7 34.
Nxe7 Nxe7 35. Rf7 g6 36. Rf6+ Kc7 37. Bd3 Nd5 38. Rxg6 Nxc3+ 39. Kd2 Nb1+ 40. Ke3 Nc3 41. Rxh6 {+-
11.93}) 14... Bxd7 15. O-O Bd6 16. Be3 Rf8 17. g3 g5 18. h4 Rg8 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qf3 Qh6 21. Qh5 Qf6
22. Kg2 e5 23. Rh1 e4 24. Qh6 Rg6 25. Qh7 Rg7 26. Qh8 Qf7 27. Rh6 Be7 28. Rah1 1-0
II 4g6 (Black plays a king side fianchetto.)
Evilone (2019) Stryker (2000)

Playchess.com 1/17/04 Game 6 min.
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 {White intends to trade off his
dark squared B for Black's B and push the h pawn down the h file to open up the h file to line up the Q & R for
the king side attack.} b6 8. h4 Re8 9. Nf3 d6 10. h5 Nd7 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. O-O-O c6 14. Qf4
b5 15. Qh2 Qa5 16. Bg5 Bg7 (16... Kf8 17. Bxf6 Qa3+ (17... exf6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Rde1+
Kd8 21. Qxe8+ Kc7 22. Rh7 Kb7 23. Rxd7+ Bxd7 24. Qxd7+ Qc7 25. Re7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7+ Kb6 27. Rxd6
Rf8 28. Nh4 g5 29. Nf5 g4 30. Re6 Kc7 31. Kd2 a5 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. Re7+ Kd8 34. Kf4 a4 35. Kxg4 Rh8 36.
Ra7 Rh2 37. Ne3 {+- 6.81 Fritz8}) 18. Kb1 exf6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Rde1+ Kd8 22. Qxe8+ Kc7
23. Re7 b4 24. c4 c5 25. Rxd7+ Bxd7 26. Qxa8 Qa6 27. Rh8 {+- 7.12 Fritz8}) (16... Qxc3 17. Qh7+} Kf8 18.
Bh6+ Bg7 19. Bxg7#) 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Bh6 e6 19. Qxg7+ Ke7 20. Bg5+ Nf6 21. Bxf6+ {It is mate in 2
moves.} 1-0
Evilone (1954) Gleichmut (1924)

Playchess.com 4/9/04 Game 5m + 3s
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 {The Omega Gambit main accepted line.} g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. Qd2 c5
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bh6 Qa5 9. h4 cxd4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nf3 d6 13. h5 Rh8 14. Rb1 {White's
intention here is to block the Black Q from defending the king side by playing Rb5.} b6 15. Rb5 Qxa2 16.
hxg6 hxg6? 17. Rxh8 Kxh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Ng5 e5 (19... Qe6+ 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bd3 Ne5 22. Rxe5
dxe5 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxe6 Rd8 26. Qxe5 Ke8 27. c4 Rd6 28. c5 Rc6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. f4
Kd7 31. Qd5+ Kc7 32. c4 e6 33. Qd4 Rc5 34. g4 Kc6 35. g5 b5 36. Qe4+ Kd6 37. Qd3+ Kc6 38. cxb5+ Rxb5
39. Qc4+ {Fritz8 suggested this move but 39.Qxb5+ wins the endgame by force. Black cannot stop the White
g pawn from queening.}) 20. c4 Nd8 (20... Qa1+ 21. Ke2 Be6 22. Ne4 Nd4+ 23. Kd2 f5 24. Ng5 Qxf1 25.
Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Nxe6+ Nxe6 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qxf5+ Ke7 32.
Qh7+ Ke6 33. Qg6+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ Ke6 {= according to Fritz8}) 21. Bd3 Bf5 ? 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rb3 Qa1+
24. Ke2 (24. Kd2 Qd4+ 25. Kc1 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Qd2 27. Rh3 Qb4+ 28. Kc1 Qe1+ 29. Kb2 Qb4+ {=}) 24...
e4?? 25. Rg3({Better is} 25. Nh7 {threating mate in 2 directions}) 1-0
III 4b6 (Black plays a queen side fianchetto.)
Evilone (1928) Third-Day (2122)

Internet Chess Club 8/15/97 Game 10m
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 b6 {An interesting position. A queen side fianchetto out of the main
accepted line of the Omega Gambit.} 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O d5 8. Ng5 h6 {Fritz8 suggested 8...Bd6 a
developing move rather than 8...h6 a move which weakens Black's king side.} (8... Be7 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qh6 Bf8
11. Qh3 Qf6 12. Re1 Bc8 13. Nf3 h6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Bxh6 c5 16. Bg5 Rxh3 17. Bxf6 Rh7 18. c4 Nd7 19.
Nxd7 Bxh2+ 20. Kf1 Kxd7 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. g3 Rh5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Be2 Rh6 25. Bf3 Kd6 26. Kg2 a5 27.
Rad1 Bh3+ 28. Kxh2 Bg4+ 29. Kg2 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rh5 31. g4 Rh3+ 32. Kg2 Ra3 33. c4 d4 34. Be7+ Kc6
35. Re5 Rxa2 36. Rxc5+ Kd7 37. Re5 Kc7 38. Rxd4 Rb2 39. Ba3 Rb3 40. Re7+ Kc8 41. Bd6 Ra6 42. Be5
Rd6 43. Rxd6 Rg3+ 44. Kxg3 f5 45. Rxg6 f4+ 46. Kxf4 {Black is definitely lost.}) 9. Qh5 Qf6 10. Nxf7
Ke7 (10... Qxf7?? 11. Bg6 {Black's Q drops}) 11. Nxh8 Nd7 12. Ng6+ Kd8 13. Re1 ({I should have played
the following line.} 13. Nxf8 Nxf8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bd2 c5 16. f5 e5 17. Bb5 cxd4 18. cxd4 e4 19. Be3 a6 20.
Bxd7 Kxd7 21. a4 Rc8 22. a5 b5 23. Qd1 Ke8 24. Bf4 Rc6 25. Be5 Qe7 26. Qh5+ Qf7 27. Qh3 Bc8 28. Rf2
Kf8 29. Qh4 Bd7 30. f6 gxf6 31. Raf1 Ke8 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Qe7 34. Qxh6 Bc8 35. Qh8+ Kd7 36.
Rd6+ Qxd6 37. Bxd6 Kxd6 38. Qxc8 {Black is lost.}) 13... Bd6 14. Re3 c5?? (14... Qf7 15. Qh3 Nf6 16.
Qxe6 Qxe6 17. Rxe6 Bc8 18. Re2 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Rc8 22. Rae1 c6 23. Re7 g5 24. Ng6
c5 25. Nf8 Rc6 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Re8+ Kc7 28. R8e7 Kd8 29. Bf5 Rd6 30. Re8+ Kc7 31. R8e7 Kd8 {Fritz8
suggested 32. Rg7 but 32.Rxd2+ should win easily after 32...Rxd7 33. Bxd7 Kxd7and White is up a whole R.
This is much simpler than what Fritz8 suggested.}) (14... Kc8 15. Qe2 Qf7 16. Rxe6 Nf6 17. Bf5 Kd8 18. Ne5
Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Bc8 20. Bxh6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Qe7 22. Bg5 a5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxd5+ Ke7 25. Re1 Rd8 26.
Bf5+ Kf8 27. Bg6 Qe7 28. Qf5+ Qf6 29. Qd7 Kg8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Qf8 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qh3+
Kg8 34. Qh7#) 15. Rf3
15...Kc7 16. Rxf6 Nxf6 17. Qh3 Bc8 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Bf4 c4 20. Bxd6+ Kxd6 21. Qf4+ Kc6 22. Ne5+ Kc7
23. Nxd7+ Kxd7 24. Bg6 Rf8 25. Re1 Ke7 26. Qe5 1-0
IV 4c5 (And Black also plays e6. This is a Sicilian type of pawn formation.)
Evilone (2041) Zero (2144)

Internet Chess Club 4/11/98 Game 5min.
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 c5 5. Bd3 e6 {A Sicilian Defense type of pawn formation for
Black.} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h4 {This move was intended as a trap for Black to try to pick
off the pawn at h4. But it is poisonous because it activates White's R at e1 onto the king side.} Bxh4 10. Nxh4
Qxh4 11. Re3 cxd4? {Better was 11...f5} 12. Rh3 Qe7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Qh5 {[Better was 14.Bg6+ Qh4
15.Rxh4+ Kg8 16.Rh8+ Kxh8 17.Qh5+ mate.]} g6 1-0
Evilone (2076) Godmode (2510)

1. e4 Nf6 2. d4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 c5 5. Bd3 e6 {Black plays a Sicilian Defense type of pawn
formation.} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h4 cxd4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh7 {#Here my opponent asked
for an adjournment. I gave him a courtesy adjournment.} Re8 12. Qh5 Bxh4 13. Bxh6 dxc3 14. Bxg7 {After
14.Bxg7 the Black king is completely nude.} Kxg7 15. Re4! {A powerfull move.} Bxf2+ (15... Ne5 16. Qxe5+
f6 17. Rg4+ Kf7 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Qc5+ Kf7 20. Bg6+ Kg7 21. Bxe8+ Bg5 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. Rxg5+ Qxg5
24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Bg6 Kg7 26. Bh5+ Kh7 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bg6 d6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31.
Qf8#) 16. Kxf2 Ne7 17. Rg4+ Ng6 18. Bxg6 Kh8 19. Bd3 Qb6+ 20. Ke2 Qa5 21. Ng5+ Kg7 22. Qxf7+
Kh8 1-0
Evilone (2176) MrsLovett (2793)

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 {The Omega Gambit.} Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 {I
believe MrsLovett got greedy here. Black saw that it could win a pawn with Bb4 followed by Bc3 winning the
d pawn.} 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Ng5 h6 {Black also had 10...g6 but I had a quick combination with
11.Nxh7 Kxh7 12.Qh5+ and if 12...Kg8 I could continue the attack with 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.Qxg6+ Kh8 &
15.Rb3 should win. If 12...Kg7 13.Qh6+ Kg8 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 & the R lift 16.Rb3 wins.} 11.
Nh7 Re8 12. Qh5 Be7 13. Bxh6 Bh4 {I do not believe this is correct. Fritz5 says that 13.. .gxh6 is the best
move. After 13...gxh6 14.Qxh6 f5 15.Qg6+ Kh8 16.Qh6 is equal.} 14. g3 gxh6 15. gxh4 Kg7 16. Kh1 Ne7
17. Rg1+ Ng6
18. Bxg6 Rb8 19. Bxf7+ Qg5 20. hxg5 Ra8 1-0
V 4c5 (And Black plays g6.)
Robert Reynolds Harold Winston

US Champ, Ventura 1971
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 c5 5. Nf3 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. h5 b6 8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Rxh8+ Bxh8 10.
Ng5 Bg7 11. Qg4 e5 12. Bd3 f5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Qh5+ 1-0
VI 4d5 (And Black also plays c5)
Jack Young (National Master) Par Excellence

1988 Skittles Game
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d5 5. Bd3 c5 6. Qf3 {A very curious move. Normally I would play
6.Nf3.} e6 7. Nh3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qa5+ 9. Ke2 {Fritz8 suggested 9.Bd2 but I believe that Jack Young's line is
better.} Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb4 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Qg4 O-O? ({Better is} 12... Be5 13. Rhb1 Nxd4+ 14. Kf1 Qc3 15.
Ng5 h5 16. Qd1 g6 {Black is up -+ 1.66}) 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ng5 Qc4+ 16. Kd1 Rd8 {This
move leads to forced mate in 6.} 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg7+ Ke8
22. Qf7# 1-0
VII 4d5 (And Black plays g6 a king side fianchetto combined with c5.)
Evilone (2035) Speedy (2377)
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d5 5. Bd3 g6 6. Bf4 {Black has fianchettoed King side. My plan is
now clear. I will line up my Q & B and push the h pawn to open the h file. After exchanging off the Black
squared B's I will line up my Q with my R on the h file and attack Black's K.} Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. h4 c5 9. h5
cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bg4 {Black is putting a lot of pressure on my center.} 13. Bh6 Bxf3
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh6+ Kf7 17. Qxh7+ Ke6 18. Qxg6+ Kxe5 19. gxf3 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 {My K
is temporarily safe at f1 while Black's K is still in danger of being checkmated.} Kd4 21. Qg7+ Kc5 22. Rb1
a6 23. Rh6 b5 24. Qd7 Rfc8 25. Rd6 {Now both the N at c6 and the d pawn are threatened.} d4 26.
Be4 {More pressure on the N at c6.} Qb6 27. Rd5+ Kc4 28. Bd3+ Kc3 29. Qd6 Qc7 30. Rc5+ Kd2 31.
Qh6+ {Black could block with the Q but after 31...Qf4 32.Qxf4+ and mate.} 1-0
Final Position after 31.Qh6+
Evilone (2100)Zebbile (2042)

Internet Chess Club 12/25/97 Game 5m + 3s
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bd3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h4 c5 10. h5
Nf6 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Bh6 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rf7 14. Ne5 Rf8?? {This is the losing move. According to Fritz8
the evaluation jumped from +/= 0.28 to +- 7.19 a huge edge for White. Black's best move was 14...Bxh6.}
(14... Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Rg7 17. Qf4 Be6 18. Re1 Qxa2 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rxe6 Rf8 21. g3 a5 22.
Kg2 Qa4 23. Qh6 Qe8 24. f3 a4 25. Bb5 (25. Rhe1 Qf7 26. Qg5 Ne4 27. Qg4 =) 25... Qxb5 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Qxg7+ Rf7 29. Re1+ Ne4 30. Qe5+ Kd7 31. Rxe4 Kc8 32. Qh8+ Kc7 33. Re6 Rd7 34. Qe5+
Kc8 35. Rxg6 Rd8 36. Qe6+ Kb8 37. Rg7 Rc8 38. Rd7 Rxc2+ 39. Kh3 Qb4 40. Rxd5 a3 41. Rd8+ Ka7 42.
Qg8 Rc6 43. Ra8+ Kb6 44. Qd8+ Kb5 45. Qd5+ Kb6 46. f4 Rd6 47. Qe5 (47. Qc5+ Qxc5 48. dxc5+ Kxc5 49.
Rxa3 b5 50. f5 Kd5 51. Kg4 Rb6 52. Rf3 Rb8 53. Kh5 b4 54. Kg6 b3 55. Rf1 Rg8+ 56. Kh6 Rxg3 57. f6 Rh3+
58. Kg5 Rg3+ 59. Kh4 Rg8 60. f7 Rf8 61. Kg5 Kd4 62. Kf6 b2 63. Ke7 Rxf7+ 64. Kxf7 Kc3 65. Ke6 Kc2 66.
Rf2+ Kc1 67. Rf1+ {=}) 47... Rh6+ 48. Kg4 Rg6+ 49. Kh4 Rd6 50. Kg5 Rd7 51. f5 Qd2+ 52. Kh5 Rh7+ 53.
Kg4 Qd1+ 54. Kf4 Qf1+ 55. Kg5 Qc1+ 56. Qf4 Rg7+ 57. Kh6 Qxf4+ 58. gxf4 Rg4 59. Rxa3 Rxf4 60. Kg5
Rf2 61. Rc3 Rg2+ 62. Kf6 Rd2 63. Ke5 Re2+ 64. Kd6 Rf2 65. Rc5 Ka6 66. Kd7 b5 67. Ke6 b4 68. f6 b3 69.
Rc3 Re2+ 70. Kd7 b2 71. Rb3 Rd2 72. Ke7 Re2+ 73. Kf7 Rh2 74. Kg7 Rg2+ 75. Kf8 Ka5 76. f7 Rf2 77. d5
Rd2 78. d6 Ka6 79. Ke7 Re2+ 80. Kf6 Rf2+ 81. Ke6 Re2+ 82. Kd5 Rd2+ 83. Ke5 Re2+ 84. Kd4 Rd2+ 85.
Kc3 Rf2 86. d7 Rxf7 87. d8=Q {Black is lost} ) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Bxg6 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Qb5+
19. Kg1 Bf5 {A desperado move. Black is trying to delay the game.} 20. Bxf5 Rf7 21. Be6 {Black can no
longer save the game.} 1-0
The Other Main Accepted Line
1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 (If Black does not take the knight at c3.)
Evilone (2023) Dak (2015)
USCL Server 3/2/01 Game 10m
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 {The second main accepted line of the Omega Gambit.} 4. g4 c5 5. d5 d6 6.
h3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nge2 Na6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O h5 11. g5 Nd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Bf2 Nc4 14. Rb1 b5 15. a3
b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. b3 Na3 18. Rc1 Bf5 19. Ne4 Qc7 ({Better is} 19... Bb2 {+/- 1.12 Fritz8}) 20. N2g3
Bxe4 21. Nxe4 O-O 22. f5 gxf5 23. Ng3 Nb5 24. Nxf5 Qd7 25. Be3 e6 26. Nh4 (26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. dxe6
Qxe6 28. Re1 Qg6 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. c4 Nc7 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Rc3 Re6 33. Bf4 Kg8 34. Qd2 h4 35. Rd1 Re4
36. Be3 (36. Bxd6 Rd4 37. Bxc7 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Kh7 39. Rf3 Qxg5+ 40. Rg2 Qh5 41. Rgf2 Nd3 42. Rxf7+
Kg8 43. Rf8+ Kg7 44. Rf1 Qg6+ 45. Kh2 Qe6 46. R8f3 Kg6 47. Bb8 a6 48. Bc7 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe4 {=}) 36...
Ne6 37. Qg2 Qf5 38. Rf1 Qe5 39. Qf2 Qg7 40. Kh1 Nf4 41. Bxf4 Qxc3 42. Bh2 Qg7 43. Bxd6 Qg6 44. Qxc5
Qe6 45. Qf5 Nc6 46. Qxe6 fxe6 47. Rf8+ Kg7 48. Rc8 Na5 49. c5 Nxb3 50. c6 Re1+ 51. Kg2 Rc1 52. c7
Rc2+ 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 54. Ke4 Nb5 55. Be5+ Kf7 56. g6+ Kxg6 57. Rg8+ Kf7 58. c8=Q Rxc8 59. Rxc8 {+- 5.75
White has a won game.}) 26... Rae8 27. Qxh5 exd5 28. Nf5 Re6 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 (29... Rxe3 30. Rf6 Rg3 31.
Nf5 Rc3 32. Rh6 Qxf5 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Qh6#) 30. Rf6 Rh8 31. Qf3 Re4 32. Rf1 Rf8 {?? A horrendous
error. Now 33.g6 wins the game. The correct move was 31...Re7} (32... Re7 {But even this move loses.} 33.
g6 Kf8 34. Qg3 Ke8 35. gxf7+ Kd8 36. f8=Q+ Rxf8 37. Rxf8+ Kc7 38. Bxc5 Nxc2 39. Rc1 Re2 40. Bf1
Kb7 41. Bxe2 Qc7 42. Bf2 a6 43. Bxb5 axb5 44. Qg5 Qc6 45. Rf7+ Ka6 46. Ra7#) 33. g6 Re6 34. gxf7 1-0
Evilone (1902) Joker III (2187)

Playchess.com 2/28/05 Game 10m
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 {The 2nd Main Line of the Omega Gambit.} 4. g4 {The g4 pawn thrust. I
have played this line several times already in previous games.} h6 5. g5 hxg5 6. Bxg5 d5 7. Nf3 c6 8. Ne5 Bf5
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Rde1 Bd6 14. Qe2 Kf8 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qxe6+
Kf8 17. Qf5 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Kxe8 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. h4 Kc8 21. Qg6 Qd8 22. Qxg7 Qf8 23. Qg6 Kc7 24.
Re6 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 {White already has compensation for the earlier N sac on f7. White has 3
pawns for the N.} Nb6 27. f5 Nd5 28. c4 Nb4 29. a3 Na2+ {Better was 29...c5.} 30. Kb1 Bxa3 31. Kxa2 Bb4
{?} 32. c5 {Now the B is cut off.} Kb8 33. Re7 Ka8 34. Qe5 Qg8+ 35. Qe6 {Black is slowly being ground
down. White is slowly squeezing Black for space.} Qb8 36. Qd7 Rd8 37. Qe6 Ba5 (37... Rxd4 38. Re8 {Now
Black's Q drops.}) 38. Bf6 Bc7 39. Be5 (39. Rxc7 {Fritz8 suggested the following line. This line also wins.}
Qxc7 40. Bxd8 Qxd8 41. f6 a6 42. f7 Ka7 43. Kb3 Qxd4 44. Qd6 Qe3+ 45. Ka2 Qe4 46. f8=Q Qa4+ 47. Kb1
Qe4+ 48. Kc1 Qc4+ 49. Kd2 Qb4+ 50. Ke3 Qe1+ 51. Kd3 Qd1+ 52. Kc3 Qe1+ 53. Kb3 Qe3+ 54. Ka2 {Black
is lost.}) 39... Bxe5 40. dxe5 a6 41. f6 Qa7 42. Re8 Qb8 43. f7 Ka7 44. f8=Q Qc7 45. Rxd8 Qa5+ 46. Kb3
Qb5+ 47. Kc2 Qa4+ 48. Qb3 Qe4+ 49. Rd3 Qe2+ 50. Kb1 1-0
Conclusion
If Black accepts the gambit pawn with 2Nxe4 then White gets compensation in quick development, the
advantage of the 2 Bishops, the half open e file. In the main accepted line 1.d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nxc3
4.bxc3 White gets a very dangerous king side attack because there is one less piece defending the king side. If
Black does not exchange the knights by playing 3Nxc3 but plays 3Nf6 instead, White can continue the
attack with 4.g4. This line also gives White a good game.
If Black fianchettos on the king side then White often plays the move h4 before castling and tries to line up the
Queen and Bishop on the diagonal preparing to trade off his Bishop with Blacks Bishop at g7. And White
pushes the h pawn to open up the h-file to penetrate Blacks king position with the Queen and Rook lined up
on the h file. If Black plays an early h5, stopping Whites h pawn advance, then White targets the g6 pawn to
execute a cascade of sacrifices on g6. The move h5 weakens Blacks fianchetto position. White also often
doubles his rooks on the e file to facilitate the series of piece sacrifices on the g6 square. Or white could post a
knight at e5 to further target the g6 pawn.
I have had many interesting games with the Omega Gambit. In the gambit accepted lines it is not unusual for
half of Blacks pieces to be still on the back rank while Whites attack rages on. In a lot of the gambit accepted
games I have played, White gets very quick mobility and full development (White has castled, his minor pieces
are all developed, his 2 rooks are connected and the queen is off the back rank.) early in the game. Black has
to play extremely precise defense to survive.
The Omega Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.e4) Part 2
Omega Gambit Declined
1.d4 Nf6 2.e4
Black can decline the gambit by playing:
2...d6
2...e6
2...g6
2...c6
2...c5
2...d5
2...e5
2d6 This is probably the most frequently played declined line. This move combined with a Black king-side
fianchetto is most often played.
Evilone(1915)-Xbluebolt(1935)
Internet Chess Club 11/1/97 Game 3m + 6s
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 g6
This is the most common declined line against the Omega Gambit. It now transposes into orthodox
lines.
4. h3 Bg7 5. g4 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g5
Fritz8 gives 8.Be3 as better. I agree with Fritz8. White should just continue to develop and castle queen
side.
8...Nd7 9. Be3 Nac5 10. Qd2 f5 11. gxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O
Castling queen side is a better strategy because Black's game is geared for a king side attack. It will be
a lot more difficult for Black to mount a queen side attack.
12...Bg7 13. h4 Nb6 14. b3
I cannot allow Black to post a N at my c4 square, otherwise I will have serious problems defending my
queen side castled position.
14...h5 15. Nf3 a5 16.a4 Nbd7 17. Bh6
I needed to trade off my dark squared B to weaken Black's king side. I intend to launch a full scale
attack on Black's king side.
17...Nf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. Bh3 Bg4 21. f3 Bxh3 22. Rxh3
Black's game is getting weaker and weaker. There are now more weaknesses in Black's game. His g6
square will actually be difficult to defend.
22...Qe7 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Rhg3 Rg8 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Kh7 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 b6 29. Rg5
Qf6 30. Qd3 Kh6 31. R1g3 Raf8 32. Kd1 Rg7 33. Ke2 Rfg8 34. Qe3 Qf4 35. Qxf4 exf4 36. Rg2
Rf8 37. Kd3 Rf6 38. Re2 Rg8 39. e7
39. Kc4 Kg7 40. c3 Kf8 41. Reg2 c6 42. dxc6 Ke7 43. Rxh5 Rxe6 44. Rh7+ Kf6 45. h5 Re3 46. Rh6
Re5 47. b4 axb4 48. cxb4 Ke7 49.Rgxg6 d5+ 50. Kb5 Rxg6 51. hxg6 Kf6 52. Rh8 Re3 53. c7 Rc3 54.
Kxb6 Kxg6 55. Rd8 Rc4 56. Rd6+ Kf7 57. b5 Rxc7 58. Kxc7 Black is lost.
39... Re8 40. Re4 Kg7 41. Rg2 Kf7 42. Rge2 Rf5 43. Kd4 Rf6 44. c3 Rf5 45. b4 axb4 46. cxb4 Kf6
47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 c5+ 49. Kc4 Re5 50. Rxe5 dxe5 51. d6 Ke6 52. d7
52. Rd2 Kd7 53. a6 Ra8 54. a7 Rxa7 55. Rb2 Ra4+ 56. Kd5 Rd4+ 57. Kxc5 Rc4+ 58. Kxc4 g5 59.
Kd5 gxh4 60. Rb8 e4 61. e8=Q#
52... Kxd7 53. Rxe5 Rxe7 54. Rxe7+ Kxe7 55. a6 g5 56. hxg5 h4 57. a7 h3 58. a8=Q h2 59. Qh8 1-0
Evilone (1905) JustPlainEd (2000)

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. g4
Here Fritz8 suggested 5.f4 but I like to surprise my opponent with an early g4.
5...O-O 6. g5 Nh5 7. Bxh5 gxh5 8. Qxh5 Bxd4 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. f4 e6 12. O-O-O
White is now fully developed and ready to attack. I intend to first play Rdf1 then f5 then f6. And I can
also do a R lift with Rf3 after playing Rdf1.
12...Ne7 13. Rhg1 c5 14. Rdf1 b5 15. Ng3
I cannot push f5 right away because Black has 3 pieces guarding the f5 square.
15...b4 16. Nb1 c4
The question is whose attack will strike first White's king side attack or Black's queen side attack. I
believe White will get in his attack first because Black is not fully developed on the queen side.
17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5
I threatened to play Nxg7 followed by Bd4+. It appears that Black has to take out my N at f5.
18...Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd5 20. Rf3 Nxe3? I do not believe Black has time to do this.
21. Rxe3 The following line also works. 21. Rh3 f6 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. g6+ Ke8 24. Rxe3+ Kd7 25.
Qxg7+ {+- 8.34}
21... Bd4 22. Rh3 Be3+ 23. Kd1
My R is hanging but my opponent faces mate in 1.

23...h6 24. Qxh6 1-0
Evilone (1941)-DoctorHeart (1905)

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Be3
Black has one more chance to take the gambit pawn at e4.
3...g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Bd2 e5 8. d5 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nd7 10. h3 Nge5 11. Bd3 Nc5
12. O-O Nexd3 13. cxd3 f5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Re8 16. d4
I needed to put a lock on my center position by ensuring that my pieces in the middle are guarded.
16...Nd7 17. Re1 Nb6 18. Qb3 a5 19. d6+ Be6 20. d5 a4 21. dxc7 Qxc7 22. Qb5 Bf7 23. Nxf7
This line was suggested by Fritz8.
23. Nxg6 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Qc5 25. Ne5 Bxd5 26. Qd3 Re7 27. Rac1
= 0.19 White
23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxf4 25. Rxe8+ Kxf7 26. Rxa8 Be5 27. Qe8+ Kf6 28. Qd8+ 1-0
If 28...Kg2 or 28..Kf7, 29.Qf8+ and checkmate.
2e6 This could lead to a possible knight chase variation after 3.e5 Nd5 and etc.
Evilone (1953) Estes (1891)

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. e5
The N chase variation. It could transpose into an Alekhine's Defense type of position.
3...Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 d5 6. c5 Nc4
I do not believe that the N at c4 will be a factor in this game. I do not intend to castle queen side so this
N could actually be on a useless square.
7. f4 b6 8. cxb6 axb6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 b5 14. Ng5 h6
15. Qh5 Qe7
Better is 15...Ra7.
16. Nxf7 O-O
If 16...Qxf7 17.Bg6 and Black's Q drops.
17. Qg6 1-0
If 17...Qxf7 18.Qh7+ mate, If 17...Rxf7 18.Qh7+ Kf8 19.Qh8+ mate. If 17...Qh4 18.Qh7+ Kxf7
19.Bg6+ Ke7 20.Qxg7+ Kd8 21.Qxf8+ and should White should win easily.
2g6 This also leads to a possible knight chase variation after 3.e5 Nd5 and etc.
Evilone (2013)-Danny (2040)

Internet Chess Club 11/16/97 Game 5 m
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6
Another N chase variation. That is very interesting.
3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 N6d7 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bc3 dxe5
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O exf4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qc1 Nxa5 16. Qc3+
Black's N drops.
16...f6 17. Rxa5 b6 18. Rd5 Bb7 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Nd4 Kh8 21. Ne6 Qc6 22. Nxf4 e5 23. Nd5
According to Fritz8 I missed the following line which wins: 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Rxd7
{+-5.00 Fritz8}
23... Nc5 24. Qe3 Rae8 25. Bf3 e4 26. Bg4 Kg7 27. Rdf2 f5 28. Qd4+ Kf7 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rxf5+
Ke6 31. Qe5+
I missed the following easy win: 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Rxf8
31... Kd7 32. Rf7+ Kc8 33. Rxf8 1-0
2c6 I have no games with this move, however the following line can be played: 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Nc7 (or
Nb6). Blacks game may be a bit cramped so this line may not actually be good for Black.
2c5 This is probably a good line for Black to play. The moves 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Nc7 (or Nb6) 5.d5 are
playable for Black.
2d5 This line is the second most played declined line in the Omega Gambit.
A. Vaisser D. Anic
ch-Fra, Auxere 1996
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d5 An interesting Omega Gambit Declined line.
3. exd5 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. c5 Nd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Nxc3 11.
bxc3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. h4 g6 14. Ng5 Bf6 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Bf4 Nf5 18. Nxe6
A really interesting N sac. Fritz8 suggested the move 18.Bxf5. Not really sure which move is better.
Black cannot play 18...Nxg3 because he drops a piece after 19.Nxd1 since both the N at g3 & the B at
b7 will be hanging. 18...fxe6 19. Qxg6+ Bg7 20. Rxe6 Qxh4 21. Bxf5 Qxf4 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Rae1
1-0 The game is over since Black cannot prevent the 24.Bg6+.
2e5 This is an interesting counter gambit that occurred in the first known Omega Gambit game Warren-Dr.
Selman 1936. In that game White played 3.dxe5 Nxe4 and got into trouble. White could instead play 3.Bd3
guarding the e-pawn and if 3exd4 White has 4.f4 transposing into the Halasz-McDonnell Gambit, which is a
good gambit to play for White.
Warren Dr. Selman

Fernpartie NED 1936
1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e5
It appears to be a reverse Elephant Gambit position (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5) but White has arrived at the
position one move too early, so the tactics in this position are different.
3. dxe5 Nxe4 4. a3 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. g3
?? White had to guard his f2 square with Be3, otherwise Black has that same cheapo like in the
Budapest Defense where Black plays Nxf2, Kxf2, Bxg6+ winning White's Q.
6...Nxf2 0-1
Conclusion
The Omega Gambit Declined does not necessarily give White an opening advantage. Some of the declined
lines transpose back into regular orthodox opening lines. However some of declined lines lead to some very
interesting opening board positions...
The Franco-Hiva Gambit

Sword of Vengeance (Part 1)
After inventing the Keoni-Hiva Gambit (1.e3 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3), I had wondered if a Keoni-Hiva
type of gambit could be played from the Black side. I had named this new Black gambit the Franco-Hiva
Gambit. The move sequence 1.e4 e6 is called the French Defense and the word Hiva is a mythical place where
Polynesians had originated from.
The main purpose of the Franco-Hiva Gambit is to attack the King-side by sacrificing three pawns (f5, e6 & d7
but Black gets back a pawn) and achieving full development before White does. Full development means the
development of all the minor pieces, castling the King, connecting the 2 rooks on the back rank and moving
the Queen off the back rank. If Black does not get enough play in the middle game then it will be next to
impossible for Black to hold the endgame two pawns down. The current opinion is that this gambit is very,
very close to being unsound. However I still enjoy playing the Black side of this gambit because I do obtain
some really fascinating game positions not found in orthodox chess openings.
This article is basically a tutorial on how to play the Black side of the Franco-Hiva Gambit. Part 1 of this
article covers the Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted line where White takes all three pawns at f5, e6 and d7. Part
2 covers the Franco-Hiva Gambit Declined lines.
Thou has indeed chosen a dark path. Yea though I am evil, I shall fear no good for orthodox chess is my
enemy. Vengeance is mine.
THE FRANCO-HIVA GAMBIT ACCEPTED
There are 4 variations in the Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted. They are:
Variation 1 Main Line (This is the line most often played.)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.exf5 Nf6
Variation 2 (This is the 2nd most often played line.)
1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6
Variation 3 (I have not seen this line too often.)
1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6

Variation 4 (This line is not very good for White because White eventually has to play d4 to free his game.
The pawn at d3 blocks the development of Whites B at f1.)
1.e4 e6 2.d3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6
If White accepts all 3 pawns at f5, e6 & d7 then Black will achieve full development before White. The
following lines could occur:
Variation 1 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 4.fxe6 Bd6 5.exd7+ Bxd7
Variation 2 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 4.fxe6 Bd6 5.exd7+ Bxd7

Variation 3 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 4.fxe6 Bd6 5.exd7+ Bxd7
Variation 4 1.e4 e6 2.d3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 4.fxe6 Bd6 5.exd7+ Bxd7
In the following sample game White (who is not fully developed yet) attempts to win the exchange by playing
Nf7+ winning a N for a R but gets punished by losing his Queen.
Kabindra (1867) Evilone (2078)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. exd7+ Bxd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qc4+ Kh8 9. Ne5 Nc6 10.
Nf7+ {It appears that White fell for the standard trap that is a part of this opening. It is also a standard trap in
the Keoni-Hiva Gambit & also the Kahiko-Hula Gambit.} 10... Rxf7 11. Qxf7 Nxd4 12. Qc4 Bb5 13.
Qc3 {The White Q has nowhere to go to except the c3 square.} 13...Bb4 14. Qxb4 14. Nxc2# {White
checkmated} 0-1
In another sample game White (who is not fully developed yet) wins the b pawn and
also gets punished for stealing the pawn. Early pawn hunting expeditions do not work
against the Franco-Hiva Gambit if White is not fully developed.
Wrahsem (2163) Evilone (2099)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. exd7+ Bxd7 6. c3 {This was the very first time that the move 6.c3
had been played against me. After I play 6...0-0 White intends to snatch the pawn at b7. This pawn is usually
poison.} 6...O-O 7. Qb3+ Kh8 8. Qxb7 Nc6 9. Bd3 Rb8 10. Qa6 10... Nd5 {This is a flexible move. Black
could play either the N to f4 or to b4. I had not decided what to do after I played this move.} 11. Nd2 Ncb4 12.
cxb4 Nxb4 13. Qc4 13... Bb5 14. Be4 {Also possible was 14.Qxb5 Rxb5 15.Bxb5 Nc2+ which wins the R at
a1.} 14... Bxc4 15. Nxc4 15... Qe7 {Now I decided to pin the B. Black still has the threat of Nc2+ winning the
R.}16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Kf1 Qxe4 19. Bg5 Nd3 20. Nh3 20... Rxb2 {White cannot stop Rfxf3+
or if 21.f3 Rxf3+ 22.Kg1 Qd4+ 23.Be3 Qxe3+ 24.Nf2 Qxf2+ mate. White resigns} 0-1
In the games I have played with this Black gambit, White often attempts to take out my
good black bishop at d6 by playing Nb5, but I normally play a6 to prevent Nb5. The
black bishop at d6 is needed for the kingside attack, if White castles kingside. In some
games Black will have the opportunity to sac the R for White's N at f3. This is a very
strong exchange sac for Black. In the game below Black plays a6 to prevent White from
playing Nb5 and also sacs the R on f3 for the attack.
KillerGrob (2779) Evilone (2035)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. fxe6 O-O 6. exd7 Bxd7 7. Nc3 a6 {To prevent 8.Nb5 which would
take out my B at d6 or force it to move to a defensive square at e7. The B at d6 is needed in my King side
attack.} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nf3 b5 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bd2 Rxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 Qh4
15. Bc4+? {I am not sure why Bc4+ was played. It drops a piece.} bxc4 16. Qh3 Nxf2+ 17. Kxh2 Nxh3 (17...
Bxh3 18. Rxf2 Qxf2 19. Kxh3 Qxd2 20. d5 Qxc2 21. Rf1 Ne5 22. Kh2 Qxb2 23. Ne4 c3 24. Nxc3 Qxc3 25.
Rf3 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Re8 {Fritz8 says that it is mate in 7 for Black.}) 18. g3 Qh5 19. Be3 Ng5+ 20. Kg1 Qh3
21. Ne2 Bg4 22. Bxg5 hxg5 (22... Bxe2 23. d5 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 hxg5 25. Rf7 Kxf7 26. Rf1+ Bxf1 27. dxc6
Rh8#) 23. Rf2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Nxd4 25. Re3 Rf8 26. Rd1 c5 (26... Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29.
Rd1 Rxg3+ 30. Kf2 Rg2+ 31. Kf1 Qh1#) 27. Ra1 Nf3+ 28. Rxf3 Rxf3 29. c3 Qxg3+ 30. Kh1 Rf2 31. Rg1
Qh3# 0-1
Your opponent could castle Queenside. Below is an example of White castling

Queenside. I usually attempt to push pawns down the Queenside and either push the
pawn down to a3 to weaken Whites Queenside or post a N at c4 to set up the attack.
Rodewinner1 (2014) Evilone (2002)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. exd7+ Bxd7 {My opponent took all the gambit pawns.} 6. Qe2+
Be7 {I cannot trade Q's since I am 2 pawns down.} 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. O-O-O b5 {I start
my attack on the Q side by pushing my pawns to gain space on the Q side.} 11. d5 Na5 12. Qd2 Bd6 {I regain
partial control of the e5 square.} 13. h3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 {White cannot allow the Black N to be posted at
c4.} bxc4 15. g4 Rb8 16. Nd4 Bb4 17. a3? Ne4!
A devastating move. The N at e5 is powerful.} 18. Qe1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 c5 {This is slow, better was Qe7.} 20.
dxc6 Qa5 21. Nb3 Qxa3+ 22. Kb1 cxb3{It will be mate in 2. My N at e4 cuts off the escape squares of
White's K.} 0-1
SACRIFICES BY THE BLACK SIDE IN THE FRANCO-HIVA GAMBIT

(This can occur if White castles King side):
1. The Bxh2+ sacrifice.

If conditions are right Black can play the Bxh2+ sacrifice. If you play the Black side, you
must make sure that White cannot play Bf4 or Nf3 to guard the h2 square after the
Bxh2+ sacrifice.
El-Kabong (2270) Evilone (2144)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bc4 Kh8 {Black could have played 6...dxe6.} 7. O-O
Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Be2 dxe6 10. dxe6 Qe8{I did not want to trade Queens after 10...Bxe6 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 since I
am still a pawn down. I wanted to save my Q for the King side attack.} 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bc4 Bxe6 13. Bxe6
Qxe6 14. c3 Rae8 (14... Rad8 15. Nd2 Ng4 16. g3 Bd6 17. Qe1 Qh6 18. h4 Qh5 19. Nc4 Nh2 20. Kxh2
Qxh4+ 21. Kg2 Qxc4 22. Be3 Rde8 23. Qd1 Qe4+ 24. Kh2 Rf3 25. Qd4 Qg6 26. Bf4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 28.
Rae1 Bd2 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 {-+ 9.66 which should win for Black.}) 15. Na3 Bd6 16. Qb3 Qf5 17. Qxb7
Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qh5+ 19. Kg3 (19. Kg1 Ng4 20. Qxc7 Nxf2 21. Qh2 Qc5 22. Be3 Qxe3 23. Nc2 Nh3+ 24.
Kh1 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Qe2 26. Rc1 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Nd3 28. Rf1 Qxc2 29. Qh5 Rb8 30. Qf3 h6 31. Qe4 Qd2 32.
Qd4 Re8 33. b3 Re2 34. Qg4 Ne5 35. Qh3 Qxa2 36. b4 Kg8 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ g6 39. Qh3 a5 40. bxa5
Qxa5 {-+ 3.87} ) 19... Ne4+ 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. f3 Qh4# 0-1
2. The Bxh3 sacrifice.
If White plays an early h3 move, this actually weakens the castled King side position.
Black can then play the Bxh3 sacrifice after due preparation. If you play this sac you
need to have prepared several moves to continue the attack. This sacrifice is very
effective if Whites B which was originally at f1 at the start of the game, is removed
through some piece exchange.
Pawnfish (1992) Evilone (2029)

3/6/00 Internet Chess Club Game 15m
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. c4 {A new move in the Franco-Hiva Gambit!} 5... O-O 6. Nf3
dxe6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. h3 Qd4 12. Qc2 Qh4 13. Nd2 Bxh3 14. c5 {If
14.Nf3 Qg4 15.Ne1 Bxg2 16.Nxg2 Qh3 and it is not clear how Black would proceed.} 14... Ng4 {I had looked
at 14...Bh2+ but did not see anything good for Black after 15.Kh1 Bxg2+ 16.Kxg2} 15. Qc4+ Kh8 16. Nf3
Rxf3 17. gxf3 17...Bg2 {A beautiful move. White cannot stop mate in one. White resigns} 0-1
3. The N sacrifice at g4
Black can play an early Ng4 and White sometimes responds by playing h3 threatening
to capture the Black N at g4. In some of the games that I have played with the Black
side, I have left the N at g4 to be captured by White's h pawn. After White plays hxg4, I
play Bxg4 pinning the White N to the Queen.
WeakComp (2429) Evilone (2135)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. exd7+ Bxd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bc4+ {This is one of the standard lines
that you will see in the Franco-Hiva Gambit. The other line 7.Be2 is also playable.} Kh8 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5
Qe8 10. h3 Nc6 11. hxg4 Bxg4 12. Nbd2 Nxd4 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qh5 16. f4 Qh3 17.
Qd3 Qh5 18. Bd5 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Bxb7 Raf8 21. Rad1 h6 (21... R4f6 22. Bg2 c6 23. Qd7 Qc5 24.
Rd4 a6 25. Qh3 Kg8 26. b4 {+- 3.66}) 22. Bg2 Rg4 23. Rfe1 Qg5 24. Qf1 h5 25. Rd7 h4 26. Re3 Rgf4 27.
Rxc7 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Kxf2 Qf5+ 31. Ke1 Qxc8 32. Re4 g5 33. Re7+ Kg6 34. Rxa7
g4 35. Re7 h3 36. Re2 Kg5 37. a3 Qc5 38. Kf1 Kh4 39. a4 hxg2+ 40. Rxg2 Qc4+ 41. Kg1 Qxa4 42. Rd2
Qe4 43. Kf1 Qf3+ 44. Rf2 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 g3 46. Rf1 g2 47. Rf8 g1=Q 48. Rh8+ Kg5 49. Rg8+ Kf6 50.
Rxg1 Qxg1 51. b4 Ke6 52. Kd3 Kd6 53. Kc2 Kd5 54. Kb2 Kc4 55. Ka2 Kxc3 56. b5 Qf2+ 57. Ka3 Qb2+
58. Ka4 Qb4# {White checkmated} 0-1
4. Black sacrifices the B at g4
Black can play an early Bg4 and White sometimes responds by playing h3 threatening
to capture the Black B at g4. In some of the games that I have played with the Black
side, I have left the B at g4 to be captured by White's h pawn. After White plays hxg4, I
usually play Nxg4.
Godmode (2393) Evilone (2049)

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. exd7+ Bxd7 6. Be2 {This move is one tempo too slow. Better
was 6.d4.} 6... O-O 7. Bc4+ Kh8 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be2 Qe8 11. Nc3 a6 12. Re1 Qh5 13. h3
Rae8 {All of my pieces are now activated. White cannot play hxg4 which is utter suicide.} 14.hxg4 Nxg4 15.
Bc4 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Rxf3 17. gxf3 17... Nxd4 {There is an even better move than 17...Nxd4. It is 17...Qh2+
18.Kf1 Qh1+ 19.Ke2 Nxd4+ (not good is 20.Kd2 which gets utterly chrushed with 20...Nxf3+) 20.Kd1 Nxf2+
21.Kd2 Nxf3+ should win.} 18. Qe8+ Qxe8 19. fxg4 Qe5 20. Kf1 Nxc2 {This is an improvement from a prior
game with Godmode.} 21. Rb1 Qe1+ 22. Kg2 Bc5 23. Be3 Nxe3+ 24. fxe3 Qxe3 25. Rf1 g6 26. Be2 b5 27.
a3 Kg7 28. Rd1 Bd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. Nd1 c5 31. Bf3 c4 32. Kh3 32... a5 {The game is now effectively
over. Black will march his queen side pawns then his king side pawns.} 33. Kg2 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Kg3 c3
36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Nxc3 Qxc3 38. Kf4 Qf6+ 39. Ke4 Qg5 40. Be2 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Bd3 h4 43. Bf1 Qg3
44. Bc4 h3 45. Bd5 h2 46. Kd4 Qg1+ 47. Kc4 {White resigns} 0-1
5. The Rook sacrifice on the White N at f3
This R sac is very strong for Black and it almost always leads to a win for Black. The
following 3 games are examples of a successful R sac on the N at f3.
In the following game, White takes all 3 gambit pawns offered and enters into the main line of the Franco-Hiva
Gambit Accepted. Black sacs the R for the N at f3 and conducts a brilliant King side attack that ends in
checkmate.
Guest993686 Tennison (1581)

Partita amichevole 6/19/05 Game 5m
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. exd7 Bxd7 {White has taken all 3 of the gambit pawns
offered. We now have the main line of the Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted.} 7. Bc4+ Kh8 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bg5
Qe8 10. Re1 Qh5 {Black has achieved all of his opening goals. He has mobilized all of his pieces and moved
the Q into position on the King side.} 11. Bh4 Ng4 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Rxf3 14. Qxf3 (14. h3 Rxg3 15.
hxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Re3 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Nxc2 19. Qf2 Nxa1 {-+ 6.47 according to Fritz8. Black is
up by a R and 2 pawns.}) (14. gxf3 Qxh2+ 15. Kf1 Qf2#)14... Qxh2+ 15. Kf1 Qh1+ 16. Ke2 Re8+ 17. Kd3
Qxe1 18. Nc3 ({Fritz8 suggested the following move but this move also loses.} 18. Be6 Nb4+ 19. Kc4 Bxe6+
20. d5 Ne5+ 21. Kb3 Nxd5 22. c3 Nxc3+ 23. Kc2 Nxf3 {Fritz8 says it is mate in 4.}) (18. c3 Bf5+ 19. Qxf5
Qe2#) 18... Nb4# 0-1
PostModernist (2325) Evilone (2114)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. exd7+ Bxd7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Nc3 Rxf3 10.
gxf3 Qh4 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. h3 Qxh3 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Re1 Qh2+ 15. Kf1 1Qxf2# {White checkmated} 0-1
WleakComp (2476) Evilone (2105)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. exd7+ Bxd7 6. Nf3 {This is the standard position in the Franco-
Hiva Gambit Accepted.} O-O 7. Bc4+ Kh8 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. h3 Qh5 11. Qd2? {Better was
11.Nad2.} Rxf3!
12. Be2 Rxh3! 13. gxh3 Qxh3 14. Bf4 Nc6 (14... g5 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 17. Kh1 Qh4+ 18. Kg1
Nc6 19. f3 Bh3 20. Rf2 Rf8 21. Nc3 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Bg4 23. Qxg5 Qxf2 24. Qxg4 Rg8 25. Ne4 Qxc2 26. Ng5
Qg6 27. f4 Nxd4 28. Rd1 Nf5 29. Qh3 Re8 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Rg1 Qh6+ 32. Nh3+ Kf8 33. Rg2 {-/+ 1.13
according to Fritz8}) 15. d5 Nce5 16. Qd4 Rf8 17. Re1 Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 Rxf4 19. Qxa7 Rxf3 20. Re8+ Bxe8
21. Nd2 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Rxf2+ 23. Ke1 {It is mate in 2 with 23...Qg1+ 24.Nf1 Qxf1+ mate.} 0-1
IF WHITE PLAYS AN EARLY Bc4

TO PREVENT BLACK FROM CASTLING KINGSIDE
Sometimes White attempts to prevent Black from castling Kingside by playing Bc4.
Black has two options. He can play b5 sacrificing the b pawn or play Na5 chasing the
White B away from the a2 to g8 diagonal. Fritz5 has suggested the move Na5 as best.
Listed below is a sample game where White does play Bc4 and Black responds by
playing Na5 chasing the White B away from the a2 to g8 diagonal.
Nextgrandmaster (2068) Evilone (1901)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. exd7+ Bxd7 6. Bc4 {The Franco-Hiva Gambit. White plays 6.Bc4
which prevent me from castling kingside.} 6... Nc6 7. Nf3 7... Na5 {This move is the recent improvement to
move the White B to d3, so that I can castle kingside.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Bc4+ Kh8
12. Ng5 h6 13. Re1 13... Qg6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 15... Nxd4 16. Bb3 Bxh2+ {A speculative sacrifice. If
17.Kxh2 Ng4+ 18.Kg1 Nxf2 19.Kg1 Nf3+ 20.Kxf2 Nxe1+ 21.Kxe1 and White's King is in big trouble.} 17.
Kf1 Ng4 18.Be3 Nf5 19. Qc1 19... Ng3# {White checkmated} 0-1
Black starts out with a Dutch Defense and White plays a Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4) but Black
declines the gambit by transposing into a Franco-Hiva Gambit. And White plays 6.Bc4 preventing Black
from castling King side.
YellowFun (1890) Evilone (1846)

1. d4 f5 2. e4 {My opponent is playing the Staunton Gambit but I can transpose it into a Franco-Hiva
Gambit.} e6 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. exd7+ Bxd7 6. Bc4 {Preventing me from castling King side.} Nc6 7.
Nf3 Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. Re1 Qh5 12. Ne5 Qh4 13. g3 Qh3 14. Nc3 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 {I am now playing with the initiative. I will have to keep attacking to obtain an advantage.} Bc6 16. f3
Ng4 {Again threatening mate at h2. White cannot play 17.fxg4 because of Qg2+mate.} 17. Qd2 Rxf3 18.
Ne4 (18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Rf2+ 20. Kh3 Bf3 21. Re2 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 h5 23. Kh4 Rxh2+ 24. Kg5 Rxe2
25. Bf4 Nxe5 26. c4 {-+ 6.31}) 18... Raf8 19. Qg2 Qh5 20. h3 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Ng6 22. Rxa7 (22. g4 Nh4 23.
gxh5 Nxg2 24. Be5 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxh3 26. Nf2 Rxh5 {-+ 3.78}) 22... Nxf4 23. gxf4 Rxh3 24. Ng3 Qc5+
25. Qf2 Rxg3+ 26. Kf1 Bg2+ 27. Qxg2 Rxg2 0-1
I had said previously that there were 2 possible courses of action for Black to take if
White plays an early Bc4, this was Na5 or b5. I stand corrected, there is also the
possibility for Black to castle Queen side. See game below.
Beadle (2406) Evilone (2055)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. exd7+ Bxd7 6. Bc4 {With White's last move Black is forced to
castle Queen side.} 6...Nc6 7. Ne2 Qe7 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Nbc3 Ng4 10. h3 10... h5 {The question is whether
the N sac at g4 is sound. The h file will open up very shortly but can White defend the h file?} 11. hxg4 hxg4
12. g3 Rh5 13. Bd5 {I had expected White to defend the h file with Kg2 followed by Rh1.} 13... Rdh8 14.
Bg2 Qf7 15. Re1 Rh2 16. Bf4 Qh5 17. Kf1 Rxg2 18. Ng1 {White cannot play 18.Kxg2 because of 18...Qh3+
19.Kg1 Qh1+ mate.} 18... Rxg1+ 19. Ke2 {Again White cannot recapture the R because of 19....Qh1+
mate.} 19... Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Re8+ 22. Kd2 Nxd4 23. Kc1 Nf3 24. Ne2 Bb5 25. Ng3 Qf7 26.
b3 Re1 27. Kb2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxf4 29. a4 Bc6 30. Ne2 Qf6+ 31. Nc3 Ng5 32. Rd3 {I am not sure why
White did not resign already. The game is clearly lost.} 32... Ne4 33. Re3 Nxc3 34. Rxc3 Qxf2 35. Rc4 g3 36.
Rg4 g2 37. a5 g1=Q 38. Rxg1 Qxg1 39. a6 Qd4+ 40. Ka2 g5 41. axb7+ Bxb7 42. Kb1 g4 43. Ka2 g3 44.
Kb1 g2 45.b4 g1=Q+ 46. Ka2 Qga1+ 47. Kb3 47... Qdc3# {White checkmated} 0-1
OTHER FRANCO-HIVA GAMBIT ACCEPTED GAMES
White takes both of my Ns early in the opening and gave me the B pair. My mate
threat created weak light squares around Whites K and later I concentrated an attack
on Whites weak f2 square. And White gets caught in a mating net where I also
sacrificed my Q. A beautiful game!
Fabrizio Ventura (1842) Evilone ( 1885)

Playchess.com 2/18/04 Game 3m+1s
(game analyzed by Fritz8)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bc4 (6. Nc3 Bb4 +/-) 6... Kh8 (6... Bb4+ 7. c3 d5 8.
Bd3 +/- (8. cxb4 dxc4 9. Qe2 Re8 +/=)) 7. exd7 (7. O-O dxe6 8. Re1 Nc6 +-) 7... Bxd7 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. O-O
Qe8 10. Bxf6 Rxf6 11. Ne5 ?? {throwing away the advantage} (better is 11. Nbd2 +/-) 11... Nxe5 -/+ 12. dxe5
Qxe5 13. g3 Bc6 14. Re1 ?? {the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (better is 14. Nc3
Bc5 15. Qd2 -+) 14... Qf5 15. Qe2 Raf8 (15... Bc5 16. Bd5 Bxf2+ 17. Kg2 Bxd5+ 18. Qe4 Bxe4+ 19. Rxe4
Qxe4+ 20. Kh3 Rh6#) 16. Nc3 (16. Bd3 {hoping against hope} Qxf2+ 17. Qxf2 Rxf2 18. Be4 -/+) 16...
Bc5 (16... Qxf2+ ?! {is easily refuted} 17. Qxf2 Rxf2 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxc2 20. b3 -+) 17. Be6(17.
Ne4 Qh3 18. Bf7 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxf2 20. Qxh7+ Kxh7 21. Bg8+ Kxg8 22. Re7 Qxh2#) 17... Bxf2+ 18. Kf1
Be3+
(18... Bc5+ 19. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 20. Qf3 Rxf3+ 21. Kg2 Rf2+ 22. Kh3 Bd7+ 23. g4 R8f3+ 24. Kh4 Rxh2+ 25. Kg5
h6+ 26. Kg6 Rf6#) 19. Bxf5 Rxf5+ 20. Qf2 (20. Qf3 {doesn't do any good} Rxf3+ 21. Ke2 Bg5 22. Nd5 Bxd5
23. b3 Re3+ 24. Kd2 Rf2+ 25. Re2 Rfxe2+ 26. Kc1 Rc3+ 27. Kb2 Rcxc2+ 28. Ka3 Be7+ 29. Ka4 Bc6+ 30.
Ka5 Re5#) 20... Rxf2+ (20... Rxf2+ 21. Kg1 Re2#) 0-1
In the following game Black exploits the weak light square around Whites K.
Lulalele (1899) Evilone (1898)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. exd7 Bxd7 7. Bc4+ Kh8 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 {I believe
9.Re1 was better. The move 9.h3 provides a ready target for my White square B. I could line up my Q & B and
sac on h3.} Qc8 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nf7+ Rxf7 {I was willing to sac the exchange for a King side attack. } 12.
Bxf7 Bxh3 13. Qf3 Bg4 14. Qe3 Qf8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Qd2 {White still has development problems. His B, N
& R are still not yet activated. } Ne4 17. Qd3 Nb4 18. Qc4 Qf6 19. g3 (19. Qf7 Qxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxc2 21. Bxe8
Nxa1 22. Bg6 Nf6 23. Nc3 c6 {+- 4.47}) 19... Rf8 20. Be3 Qg6 21. Nc3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Nc6 23. Qd5 Ne7 24.
Qg2 (24. Qh1 Bf3 25. Qh3 Rf5 26. Bf7 Qxf7 27. g4 Qg6 28. Rfd1 Bxg4 29. Qg2 Bh2+ 30. Qxh2 Rh5 31.
Qxh5 Bxh5+ 32. Kf1 Qe4 33. Ke1 Qxc2 34. Rd2 Qe4 35. Rdd1 Qf3 36. Kd2 Qe2+ 37. Kc1 Qxd1+ 38. Kb2
Qe2+ {-+ 13.72 White is lost.}) 24... Bf3 25. Qh2 Rf5 26. Bf7 (26. Rfe1 Rh5 27. Qg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Bxg3
29. Kf3 Rf5+ 30. Ke2 Qg4+ 31. Kd3 Bxf2 32. Re2 Qg6 33. Rh1 Bxe3 34. Kxe3 Qg5+ 35. Ke4 Rf4+ 36. Ke3
Rf6+ 37. Ke4 Qg3 38. Rh3 Rf4+ 39. Ke5 Qg5+ 40. Ke6 Qf6+ 41. Kd7 Qc6+ 42. Kxe7 Qd6+ 43. Ke8
Rf8#) 26... Qxf7 27. Rae1 Rh5 28. Bg5 Rxh2 29. Kxh2 hxg5 0-1
Black plays an early R exchange sac but White tried to avoid the attack by castling Queen side. Black
later doubles Rs on the second rank and plays for mate.
Simex (1876) Evilone (1954)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. fxe6 O-O 6. exd7 Bxd7 7. Ne2 Nc6 {Black is ahead in
development. White has only 2 pieces out and has not castled yet.} 8. c3 Qe8 9. h3 Qh5 10. Be3 (10.
Nd2) 10... Rae8 11. Nd2? (11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Bc1 Bg4 13. Bc4 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Bf4 15. Kd1 Qg5 16. Bf3 Nce7
{+/- 0.94}) 11... Rxe3 12. g4 Nxg4 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. O-O-O {Black's K makes a fast get away from Black's
attack.} Nxf2 15. Nc4 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Rxe2 17. Nxd6 (17. Rhd1 Bf4+ 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Qb5 Qg6 20. Kc2
Rf6 21. Kb3 Bxd3 22. Qc5 Bc2+ 23. Ka3 Bxd1 {Fritz8 says that there is mate in 10 for Black.}) 17... cxd6 18.
Qxb7 {I do not believe White has time to attack my Queen side. His K is very much in danger of being check
mated.} Qg5+ 19. Kd1 Rff2 20. Qxd7 Rd2+ 21. Ke1 Rfe2+ 22. Kf1 Qg2# 0-1
CONCLUSION
The Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted is not meant for every player. It is not meant for the faint of heart. Its
games are fraught with danger. Already in the accepted lines Black is down two pawns from the very opening.
An experienced gambit player could possibly hold the draw one pawn down but it will be very difficult to hold
the game to a draw with two pawns down. This means that once you start the kingside attack, you must be
prepared to sacrifice not one but several pieces for the kingside attack. There is no turning back.
One strategy that I have not tried is to first attack the Queen side by pushing pawns down the Queen side to
disrupt Whites game and minor piece placement. And after this is done, Black can proceed to attack Whites
king side.
Also possible is the line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 4.fxe6 d5 which has not been fully investigated. It seems
that it is a transposition into a reversed Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3) type of position.
However, Black has to take the pawn at e6 which may be difficult to do because White can make it difficult for
Black to recapture that pawn.
I have moved the accepted line where White takes only the f5 and e6 pawn but not the d7 pawn, to Part 2 of
this article for organization reasons. Part 2 covers the possibilities if White takes no pawns, if White takes only
one pawn and if White takes only 2 pawns.
It took me many early lost games on the internet to discover the Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted lines' many
tactical and strategic secrets. When I had started to defeat players rated 2200+ on the internet with the Franco-
Hiva Gambit, I had finally realized that this gambit was indeed playable. That you could actually win with this
gambit. It is really still very much a work in progress. I still enjoy playing it because of the many fascinating
middle game positions not found in orthodox chess openings.
The Franco-Hiva Gambit
Sword of Vengeance (Part 2)
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. Listed below are examples of this occurring.
A. WHITE DOES NOT TAKE ANY PAWNS
Line 1: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.e5
This is probably the most common declined line that you will see played against the Franco-
Hiva Gambit. Black gets in 3...d6 and puts pressure on the White center. If White plays 4.f4
then Black has 4...dxe5. At this point White has to decide whether he captures back the pawn
with either 5.dxe4 or 5.fxe5. If 5.dxe5 then Black can choose to exchange Queens. If 5.fxe5
then Black has 5...Qh4+ and could win a R if 6.g3 Qe4+ or play 6.Ke2 Qe4+. If 7.Be3 then
White drops a B to 7...f4. White could also play 4.Nf3 after Black plays 3...d6.
Zt (1861) Evilone (2045) Internet Chess Club 3/18/00 Game 15m
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. e5 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. dxe5 {White could play 5.fxe5 instead.} Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nc6 {Fritz8
suggested 6...Nh6.} 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. c3 O-O-O 9. Kc2 Be7 10. Be3 Nh6 11. h3 Nf7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. h4 Rhg8 14.
a4 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. a5 a6 {I could not allow White to play a6 because this would surely weaken my castled
position.} 17. Nc4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Rh7 Nb8 21. b3 Bc6 22. Nd4 Bd5 23. Re1 Nc6 24.
Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Re2 Be4+ 26. Kb2 Rd1 27. Rxe4 (27. Rh1 Bd3 28. Rf2 Rd8 29. Ka2 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Be3 31.
Re2 Bc5 32. g3 b6 33. Kb3 Rg8 34. Ra2 Rxg3 35. Rh8+ Kd7 36. Rh7+ Ke8 37. Rxc7 Rb1+ 38. Rb2 Rxb2+ 39.
Kxb2 Rf3 40. axb6 Rf2+ 41. Kb3 Bxb6 42. Rc6 Rxf1 43. c5 Ba7 44. Rxe6+ Kd7 45. Rd6+ Kc8 46. e6 Re1 47.
Rxa6 Bb8 48. Kc4 f4 49. Kb5 f3 50. e7 Kd7 51. Rf6 Rf1 52. e8=Q+ Kxe8 53. Kc6 Ke7 54. Rf5 Bg3 55. Rd5 f2
56. Rd3 Re1 57. Rf3 Re6+ 58. Kd5 Rf6 59. Rxf2 Bxf2 60. Kc4 {-+ 8.75 Black is lost.}) 27... fxe4 28. Be2 Rd7
29. Rh5 Rf7 30. Bg4 Kd7 31. Bh3 Rf2+ 32. Ka3 Be7+ 33. b4 Rg3 34. Kb3 e3 35. Rh6 (35. Na3 Rd2 36. Rh6
e2 37. Bxe6+ Ke8 38. Rh8+ Bf8 39. Rh1 Rd1 40. Bc4 Rxh1 41. Bxe2 Bg7 42. Bf3 Bxe5 43. Nc4 Bg7 44. Nd2
b5 45. Ne4 Rg6 46. Nc5 Ke7 {-+ 5.75 Black should win but it will be a bit difficult.}) 35... e2 36. Bxe6+ Ke8
37. Bd5 e1=Q {White forfeits on time} 0-1
Hauni (1913) Evilone (2046) Playchess.com 8/19/04 Game 6m
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. e5 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Ke2 (6. g3 Qe4+ {White drops the R.}) 6... Nc6 7. Nf3
Qh5 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. c3 h6 11. Kf2 g5 12. Nb3 f4 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Bd3 Rf8 15. Rf1 g4 16.
Ne1? {This was probably the key error by White. Now White's K will come under strong attack.} (16. Kg1
{This was recommended by Fritz8. At least White's K still survives but being down a piece will eventually lose
the game for White.}) 16... g3+ 17. hxg3 fxg3+
18. Ke3 Bg5+ 19. Ke4 Qh4+ 20. Bf4 Rxf4+ 21. Rxf4 (21. Ke3 Rf2#) 21... Qxf4# 0-1
Kf (1898) Evilone (1921) Playchess.com 9/18/04 Game 5m
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. e5 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bg5 Nge7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. d5 (8. O-O a6 9. Bc4 Na5 10.
Be2 Rc8 11. Re1 Qc7 12. c3 h6 13. Bd2 g5 14. Na3 b5 15. Rc1 g4 16. Nh4 Bg7 17. c4 Qb6 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxc5
Qd8 20. b4 Nac6 {=/+ 0.31 with a slight edge for Black.}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nxd5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O Nxc3
12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Nd4 Bd5 14. Nxf5 Qe5 15. c4 Bc6 (15... Bxc4 16. g4 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 Rc8 18. Rd1 h5 19. f4
Qc5+ 20. Nd4 e5 21. Qb5+ Qxb5 22. Nxb5 hxg4 23. Nxd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc1+ 25. Kg2 Rc2+ 26. Kg3 exf4+
27. Bxf4 Rhxh2 28. Kxg4 Rc4 29. Kg3 Rxa2 {-+ 5.47 Black should win this end game.}) 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qh4
Qxf5 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. Qxh7 Qxf6 20. Qxg8 O-O-O 21. Qh7 Qg5 22. f3 (22. Qh3 Kb8 23. Rae1 e5 24. Re3 d5
25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Rg3 Qf6 27. Qh7 Be4 28. Rc3 Bc6 29. Qh3 Rd7 30. Rf3 Qd8 31. Rb3 Bc5 32. Qg3 Qf6 33.
Rb2 Bd5 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. Rc1 Bd4 36. Re2 g5 37. Qa3 Bc6 38. Rce1 Bb5 39. Rc2 Rc6 40. Rec1 Qf5 41. Rd2
Rxc1+ 42. Qxc1 Bd3 43. h3 Qf4 44. Qd1 e4 45. Rc2 b6 46. Qd2 Kb7 47. Qd1 Be5 48. g3 Qf5 49. Re2 Bd4 {-+
4.31}) 22... d5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Rad1 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 d4 26. Qf7 d3 27. Qe6+ Kb8 28. Rb1 Bb6 29. Rbd1 d2
30. Qb3 Qa5 31. Qc2 Ba4 32. Qxg6 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Qa4 34. Qg3+?? (34. Qb1 Qf4 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. fxe4 Rc8
37. g3 Rc1 {-+ 14.81 and White is lost.}) 34... Ka8 0-1
Line 2: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.Nc3
Razjebov (1920) Evilone (1949) Playchess.com 5/16/05 Game 5m
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. f3 {White is now playing the regular Staunton Gambit where he will also
sacrifice the f pawn.} Bb4 {The Staunton Gambit is a very dangerous gambit. Hopefully Bb4 slows down
Whites attack.} 5. fxe4 ({The following move recommended by Fritz8 was better than what was played.} 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. Bf4 Ne7 8. fxe4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nbc6 12. Qh5 Be6 13. O-O-O Bf7 14.
Qe2 Nxe5 15. exd5 Qd6 {-+1.47}) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 (7. g3 Qxe4+ {White drops the R at
h1.}) 7... Qxe4+ 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nd5 10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 {?} Nf4+ {and White's Q drops.}) 10... O-O 11. c4
Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Qxc2+ 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. g3 d6 15. Bg2 Bd7 16. Be4 Qa4 17. Rhf1 e5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Rxf8+
Rxf8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Qb3 Bg4+ 22. Ke3 Qa5 23. h3 (23. Qb2 c6 24. Bh1 Qd8 25. h4 Qf6 26. Rf1 Nxc4+ 27.
Nxc4 Qxf1 28. Be4 Qxc4 29. Qc2 Qe6 30. Qg2 d5 31. Kd2 dxe4 {-+ White is clearly lost.}) 23... Qc5+ 24. Ke4
Bf5+ {On 25.Kf4 Bc2+ and White's Q drops.} 0-1
Line 3: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.Bd3
Play would continue with 3...fxe4 creating a half open f file, 4.Bxe4 Nf6 attacking the B at e4 4...Bg5 5.d5 or
5.Be7. Or after 4...Nf6 White drops the B back to d3 with 5.Bd3 and now Black plays 5...d5. Black will later
play his Bd6 and attempt to get the pawn break e5 in to free his Q side B.
Garonpawn (2209) Evilone (2103) Internet Chess Club 1/17/99 Game 10m.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. Bd3 fxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Nd5 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 (13... Nd4 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qe4 Bf5 16. Qd5+ Be6 17. Qe4
Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qe7 19. Bh6 f5 20. Qxb7 Rfb8 21. Qa6 Qh4 22. f4 Qxh6 23. Rfe1 Kh8 24. Re3 e4 25. Bf1 Qxf4
26. Rg3 e3 27. Qe2 Rg8 28. Bg2 exf2+ 29. Qxf2 Rxg3 {-+ 14.28}) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bf5 Nd4 16. Qe3 (16. Qe4
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Kh8 18. Rad1 c6 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. Kh1 Rae8 21. c3 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. c4 Qf7 25.
c5 Bc7 26. Rg1 Qe6 27. Rg7 Rf7 28. Qg4 Qxf5 29. Rxf7 Qxg4 30. hxg4 {+- 5.94}) 16... Nxf5 17. Qb3 Bf7 18.
Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qc6 e4 20. Ne1 Be8 21. Qc4 Kh8 22. Qxe4 Ne7 23. Nxe7 Bxe7 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Rad1 Bg6 26.
Qa4 Qc8 27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qd4 Rxa2 29. Nf4 Be5 30. Qc4 Rxb2 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. f4 Bd6 33. f5 g5 34.
Rfe1 Re8 35. Re6 Rxe6 36. fxe6 Rb4 37. Qd5 Kg7 38. c4 Qb8 39. h4 Qb6+ 40. Kh1 Qf2 41. hxg5 Qh4+ 42.
Kg1 Qxg5 43. Qxg5+ fxg5 44. e7 Bxe7 45. Kh2 Bd6+ 46. Kh3 Rxc4
47. g4 Rc3+ 48. Kg2 Rg3+ 49. Kh1 Rxg4 50. Rf1 Rf4 51. Re1 Kf6 52. Re8 c5 0-1
Capricor-n (1904) Evilone (1898) Playchess.com 5/31/05 Game 5m.
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. Bd3 fxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3 {If 7.Nc3 I can play 7...c4 which puts
Whites B on a defensive square.} Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 = 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Bc2 Qh5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13.
h3 e5 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Nh2 Qh6 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 (18. Qxd5+ Be6 19. Qxd6 Bc4 20. Qd2
Bxf1 21. Qxh6 Rxh6 22. Kxf1 Rd6 23. Nc5 b6 24. Ne4 Rg6 25. Nd2 Rd6 26. Nc4 Rf6 27. Re1 Rd8 =) 18... Rf4
19. Qd7 Rf7 20. Qg4 Raf8 21. Rae1 e4 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Qe2 Nf3+ 24. Nxf3 exf3 25. Qe3 Qh5 26. Qd3 fxg2
27. Kxg2 Qg5+ (27... Rf6 28. Bb3 Rf5 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Rd1 Kh8 31. Qf3 Qg6+ 32. Kh1 Bd6 33. Qg2 Rxf1+ 34.
Rxf1 Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qg3 36. Qg2 Qe1+ 37. Qg1 Qe4+ 38. Qg2 Qb1+ 39. Qg1 Qxb2 40. Bxd5 Qxc3 41. Bg2
b6 42. Bf1 g6 {-+ 2.28}) 28. Kh1 g6 29. Qe3 Qh4 30. b4 Rf3 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Re3 (32. Qd7+ Kh6 33. Re3
Rxf2 34. Qg7+ Kxg7 35. Rxf2 Qxf2 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kxg7 38. Bxg6 Qf1#) 32... Qf4 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34.
Qxd6 {White could not guard his h2 square. This only delays the end.} Qxd6 35. Kg2 Qf4 36. Bd1 Rxf2+ 37.
Rxf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Qxe3 0-1
Line 4: 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3
White develops his 2 Knights very early.
Abba26 (1888) Evilone (1950) Playchess.com 5/29/05 Game 5m
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O c5 10. b3
Nc6 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Qe1 Be5 13. Nce2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. c4
Ba3 18. Rc2 Ng4 19. Ng3 h6 20. Be2 Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rxf2 22. Qxf2 hxg5 23. cxd5 Qf4 24. Qxf4 gxf4 25. Nh5
cxd5 26. Bg4 Kf7 27. Nxf4 Ke7 28. Nxd5+ exd5 29. Bxc8 Kd6 30. g4 {-/+ 0.69}) 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13.
c3 Qe8 14. Qc2 e5{Black gets in the freeing move e5. This will facilitate Blacks development.} 15. Bh7+ Nxh7
16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rae1 Qh5 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20. Nxg3 Qg5 21. Re3 Rae8 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. b4 c4
24. Rd4 Nf6 25. a4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. f4 Qh4 28. Nf5 Qh5 29. h3 Re2 30. Qb1 (30. Qd1 Bd7 31. Rxd5
Nxd5 32. Qxd5+ Kh7 33. Qxd7 Rxf5 34. g4 Rd5 35. gxh5 Rxd7 36. Rc1 {-+ 7.78}) 30... Rfe8 31. Ng3 Qh4 32.
Nxe2 Rxe2 33. Qf5 (33. Qd1 Re3 34. f5 Qg3 35. Qd2 Ne4 36. Qc2 Rxc3 37. Qd1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Nf2 39. Qd2
Qe5+ 40. Kg1 Ne4 41. Rxe4 dxe4 42. f6 Rd3 43. Qe2 Qd4+ 44. Kh1 Rxh3+ 45. gxh3 e3+ 46. Kg1 Qe4 47. Qf3
Qxf3 48. Rxf3 Bxf3 {-+ 31.69 Black is won according to Fritz8.}) 33... Qg3 34. Qc8+ Be8 0-1
Line 5: 1.e4 e6 2.d3 f5 3.g3
A King's Indian Attack type of White Setup.
Hugo Paul (2011) Evilone (1947) Playchess.com 2/28/05 Game 5m + 3s
1. e4 e6 2. d3 f5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 {White has a Kings Indian Attack setup.} Bc5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-
O Ng4 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 Nf6 10. e5 Ne8 11. f4 d6 12. Kh2 d5 {At this point I decided to play a closed game.
Opening the game would favor White.} 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Bf3 Qe7 15. a3 Na6 16. b4 {White even blocks my
freeing move c5.} c6 17. Na4 Bd8 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. g4 fxg4 20. hxg4 b6 21. Ng3 Bd7 22. c3 c5 23. bxc5 bxc5
24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 {I dropped a pawn but the c pawns are doubled.} Rb8 26. Bd4 Nc7 27. Qc2 Nb5 28. f5
Nxd4 29. cxd4 exf5 30. gxf5 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qxd4 32. Ne2 (32. Rae1 {Guarding the e pawn would be bad for
White.} Rb2) 32... Qxe5 {-+ 3.59 Black is up according to Fritz8, but there is still a lot of play left when my
opponent resigned. His King position does not look very safe and he could drop more pawns.} 0-1
B. WHITE ONLY TAKES THE f5 PAWN
White takes only the f5 pawn, pushes c4 and plays g4 attempting a pawn assault down the king side.
Beast (2023) Evilone (2011) USCL Chess Server 3/10/01
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. c4 {The move 5.c4 has rarely been played.} c5 {I did not like my B
being moved by c5 so I had to block the c pawn.} 6. g4 {That is interesting, a Kings Gambit type of move.} O-O
7. h4 cxd4 8. g5 Ne8 9. g6 h6 10. Qh5 Nf6 {I need to move White's Q from the h5 square because White will
try to his B on the h6 pawn.} 11. Qf3 Nc6 {Thus far I have blocked White's threats and in the mean time my
pieces are being slowly developed.} 12. Nh3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nxd3+ {I have to take out one more attacking piece
to make it easier to defend my King side.} 14. Qxd3 e5 15. c5 Qa5+ (15... Bxc5 {This is a bad move since it
drops my B.} 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Qxc5) 16. Bd2 Qxc5 17. Na3 e4 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rc1 Qxf5 {I still have
development problems. My B at c8 and R at a8 are still not in play.} 20. Nb5 Bb8 (20... Be5 {This was better
that what I played.}) 21. Nxd4 Qh5 22. Qb4 d6 23. Nf4 Qg4 24.
Rc3 a5 25. Qc4 Ba7 26. Rg3 Qd7 27. Nfe6 Rg8 (27... Re8 28. Nc7 d5 29. Qc1 Bxd4 30. Nxa8 Ng4 31. Be3
Nxe3 32. fxe3 Qd6 33. Rg2 Bc5 34. a3 Be6 35. Nc7 Qxc7 36. Qd2 {-+ 5.03 Fritz8}) 28. Rhg1 d5 29. Qc3 Qe7
30. Nc7 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxc7 32. Bxh6 Be6
(32... Nh5 33. Rc3 Qh2 34. Rg5 Nf4 35. Rgg3 Nd3+ 36. Rcxd3 exd3 37. Kd2 Be6 38. Rxd3 Raf8 39. Be3 Bf5
40. Rc3 Bxg6 41. Rc5 Rc8 {-+ 6.06}) 33. Bd2 Rgf8 34. h5 Rae8 35. h6 Bc8 36. Bg5 Qe5 37. Qd2 Nh5 38.
R3g2 Nf4 39. Rg3 Nd3+ 40. Kd1 Rxf2 41. hxg7+ Kg8 42. Qc3 Qxc3 43. bxc3 Rxa2 44. Bf6 a4 45. c4 dxc4
46. Rh1? (46. R1g2 Rxg2 47. Rxg2 e3 48. Rh2 e2+ 49. Kc2 Nb4+ 50. Kb2 a3+ 51. Kxa3 Re3+ 52. Ka4 Bd7+
53. Ka5 b6+ 54. Kxb6 Nd5+ 55. Kc5 Nxf6 56. Rxe2 Rxe2 57. Kxc4 {-+ 15.19 and Black should win.}) Nf2+
47. Ke1 Nxh1 48. Rg5 Rh2 49. Be5? {White is already lost. This was the final error. I needed to make sure my
King could not be mated, so I made an exchange sac to cut White's chances.} Rxe5 50. Rxe5 Kxg7 51. Rxe4 b5
52. Kf1 Rh5 (52... Ng3+ {This move was better that what I had played.} 53. Kg1 Nxe4 54. Kxh2 c3 {-+ it is an
easy endgame win.}) 53. Re3 Kxg6 54. Rc3 Be6 {The endgame is lost. White cannot stop my passed Queen side
pawns.} 55. Rc1 Ng3+ 56. Kg2 Rg5 57. Kf2 b4 58. Ke3 a3 59. Kd4 a2 60. Ra1 b3 61. Kc3 Ne2+ 62. Kb2 c3+
63. Ka3 b2 64. Rxa2 Ra5+ 0-1
THE MUZIO VARIATION

OF THE FRANCO-HIVA GAMBIT
There is a new declined line in the Franco-Hiva Gambit. It is a Muzio type of chess opening gambit. In the
King's Gambit you have the Muzio Variation which has the moves 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 and
now Black sacs his N at f6 for development and the attack along the f-file. In the following game there occurred
the moves 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 which is the Franco-Hiva Gambit. Black intends to sac the e6 & d7 pawns
for further piece development. In this game White surprised me and played a King's Gambit type of move after
4.g4. I therefore had planned to sac my N at f6 like in the King's Gambit Muzio variation and head for a Muzio
type of position. Play continued with 4Be6 5.g5 0-0 and my N is being sacrificed. After looking at the game I
believe that my opponent played several second or third best moves during the game and that is why he got into
trouble.
RCS (1892) Evilone (1853) Playchess.com 12/5/04 Game 5m
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 {A new line in the Franco-Hiva Gambit.} Bd6 5. g5 O-O {Yes a Muzio type
of gambit where I sac the N at f6.} 6. gxf6 Qxf6 7. Be2 {I believe this move is not the best move in this position.
Fritz8 recommends either 7.Be3 to guard the f2 square or 7.Nc3 a developing move.} Qxf5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Rg1
e5 {I needed to pry open the f file because the square at f2 is weak.} 10. Rg5 Qf6 11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Ne4 {Best
was 12.Rg3 guarding the N at f3.} (12. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 13. Kd2 Qf4+ (13... Qxd4+ 14. Ke1 Qh4+ 15. Rg3 e4 16.
Qd5+ Kh8 17. Qg5 Bxg3+ 18. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 19. hxg3 d6 20. Bf4 h6 21. Nxe4 Re8 22. Nf2 {= (-0.03) Fritz8})
14. Ke1 Qh4+ 15. Rg3 exd4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Ne2 Bxg3+ 18. hxg3 Qh1+ 19. Kd2 Rf1 20. Qxf1 Qxf1 {-+ 5.19
Fritz8}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Kf1 Qf7 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Rg3 {White did not want to exchange Queens starting with
15.Bxf3 Qxf3 16.Qxf3 Rxf3 and now Black would be down 2 pawns in the endgame.} Nd4 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Rf3
d5 18. c3 e4 19. Rh3 {?? This loses to 19...Nxe3+ & White's Q drops. If 20.Rxe3 Qxf2+ mate. Best was 19.Rf4.
But even after 19.Rf4 Black was up by 2.41 according to Fritz8.} Nxe3+ 0-1
Position after move 19Nxe3+
C. WHITE TAKES ONLY THE TWO PAWNS AT f5 & e6 AND DOES NOT TAKE THE d7 PAWN.
This line is actually a Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted line, but for organization purposes I have included this with
the declined lines. Listed below are 5 sample games where White only takes the f5 & e6 pawns. Black has to
recapture the White pawn at e6 and get in the pawn push e5 to free his game. Black has to be aware of the fact
that White can clog the middle by playing Ne5. Black has to play e5 before White posts his N at e5.
Ursa Major(1855)-Evilone(1827) Playchess.com 2/18/05 Game 5m

(notes by Fritz8)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 (3... exf5 4. Bd3 +/=) 4. Bg5 (4. fxe6 d5 +/-) 4... Bd6 (4... exf5 5. Qe2+ Qe7 6.
Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nc3 +/-) 5. Bxf6 (better is 5. fxe6!? dxe6 6. Nf3 +/-) 5... Qxf6 +/= 6. fxe6 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Kh8 9. Qe2 (9. c3 !? +/-) 9... dxe6 10. c3 {Controls b4} e5 11. dxe5 (better is 11. d5!? {is worth consideration}
e4 12. Qxe4 = (12. dxc6 exf3 13. gxf3 Bg4 (13... bxc6?! 14. Nd2 =/+) 14. cxb7 Rae8 15. fxg4 Qf3 -/+9 (15...
Rxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Qxf2+ 17. Kd1 -+))) 11... Nxe5 =/+ 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 ({Less advisable is} 12... Qxe5 13. Qxe5
Bxe5 14. Nd2 +/-) 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. O-O Rae8 15. Qd1 (15. Qh5 Bg6 16. Qh3 Qf4 =/+) 15... Qh4 (better is 15...
Qh6!? 16. g3 Bh3 -/+) 16. g3 =/+ {Prevents intrusion on f4} Qh3 (16... Qf6 17. f4 Bd6=) 17. Re1(17. Qb3 Bf4
18. Nf3 c6=) 17... Bg4 (better is 17... Bc2! 18. Qe2 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Qd7 -/+) 18. Bf1 +/= Qh5 19.
Qc2 (better is 19. f3!? {and White can hope to survive} Bf5 20. f4 +/=) 19... Rxf2 =/+ {Demolition of pawn
structure} 20. Kxf2 ?? {Deflection from h2}(better is 20. Bg2 {was necessary} Bd6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qe4
(22. Kxf2 ?? {is to be avoided because of the following mate in 2} Bc5+ 23. Kf1 Qe2#) 22...Qxe4 23. Nxe4 (23.
Bxe4 ?? Rxd2 24. b4 c5 -/+) 23... Rxb2 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Re1 =/+) 20... Qxh2+ 21. Ke3 (21. Bg2 {is not much
help} Bxg3+ 22. Kf1 Rf8+ 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. Re8 Bxg2+ 25. Ke2 Rxe8+ 26. Kd3 Be4+ 27. Kd4 Qxc2 28. Kc5
Bd6+ 29. Kc4 Qd3+ 30. Kb3 Qb5#) 21... Qxg3+ 22. Nf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kd2 Bf4+ (23... Bf4+ 24. Re3 Qxe3#) 0-1
Schopenhauer (1923) Evilone (1951) Playchess.com 1/2/05 game 5m
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bc4 Kh8 {forced} 7. O-O dxe6 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nc3 a6
10. Ne4 Qe8 (10... e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nfd2 Bf5 13. Re1 Qe8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bd3 Qg6 16. Re3 Rg8 17. Rg3
Qh6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Nc4 Rxg3 20. fxg3 b5 21. Nxd6 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Nxd5 24. Qg4 Rf8 25.
Rd1 Qg5 26. Qd7 Qg7 27. Qc6 Qg4 28. Rc1 Qe6 29. Qxa6 Nb4 30. Qb6 Nxd3 31. Rf1 Nxb2 32. Qxb5 Qxd6 33.
Qxb2 Ra8 34. Qc2 Qe6 35. a4 {+/= 0.66 Fritz8}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Re1 Qf7 14. d5 Ne5 15.
Nxe5 fxe5 16. Rf1 Bd7 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rad1 d5 21. Qb3 Qf7 22. Rd2 Rd6
23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. f3 b5 25. a4 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 bxa4 27. Qxa4 {+/- 0.87} d4 28. Rd3 Qg7 29. R1d2? (29. c3
Rg8 30. Qc2 Rg6 31. g3) 29... Rg8 30. Qb4? ({Better was} 30. Qa1 {according to Fritz8}) 30... Rg6 {White's
back rank was weak. The Rook should have been placed on d1 & d2.} 31. g3 Rxg3! {a powerful R sac} 32.
hxg3 Qxg3 {The game is over Black cannot stop mate.} 33. f4 Qg1# 0-1
In the following game White castles Queen side.
Queenhunter (1943) Evilone (1931) Playchess.com 5/6/05 Game 5m
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bc4 Kh8 7. Bg5 dxe6 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Qe8 10.
Qc2 {It appears that White intends to castle Queen side.} e5 {This move has to be played to free the
development of my pieces.} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Be3 Ng4 14. O-O-O Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3 16.
Rde1 Qh6 {= (-0.19) the position is even & Black is not a pawn down.} 17. Bd3 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Ne4
a3 {This move is intended to create weaknesses in White's position.} 20. b3 Be5 21. h4 Bf5 22. Ng5 Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 Rae8 24. Qd7? (24. Rxe5 {It looks I did not look at this combination, it wins for White.} Rxe5 25. Nf7+
Rxf7 26. Qd8+ Re8 27. Qxe8+ Rf8 28. Qxf8#) 24... Qg6+ 25. Re4 Bxc3 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Ng5 h6 28. Kc2
Rxe4 29. Kxc3 Re3+ 30. Kd2 Ree8 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Kc1 Qf6 33. Qd2 Rd8 0-1
Marduk (1892) - Evilone (1900) Playchess.com 5/16/05 Game 5m
1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bc4 dxe6 7. O-O Nc6 8. c3 Kh8 9. b4 a6 10. Bg5 Qe8
11. Re1 Qh5 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Nbd2 Rh6 14. h3 Rg6 15. Kf1 Qh6 16. a4 Bd7 {So far White has neutralized
some of my threats.} 17. b5 Na5 ({Fritz8 suggested} 17... Ne7 18. Bd3 Rf6 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 Nd5 22. Kg1 Nxc3 23. Qc1 Nxa4 24. Ne4 Qxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rf4 {+- 1.91 not a very good line for Black.
Taking the a pawn was probably bad.}) 18. Bd3 Rf6 19. c4 b6 20. Ne4 Rf4 21. c5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Be7 23. c6
Be8 {My pieces are temporarily bottled up.} 24. Ne5 Bh5 (24... Bb4 {Fritz8 suggested the following line, but I
do not believe that it is very good. I believe my line was better.} 25. Re2 Bh5 26. f3 Bd6 27. Nd7 Bxf3 28. gxf3
Rxf3+ 29. Rf2 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Rxd3 31. Qf1 Qe3 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Re1 Qg5+ 34. Qg2 Rd5 35. Nf8 Qxg2+
36. Kxg2 axb5 37. Nxe6 bxa4 =) 25. f3 (25. Qc2 Raf8 26. Qc3 Bf6 27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Kg1 Rxf2 29. Bf1 Qg5
30. Nd7 R8f7 31. h4 Qxh4 32. Ne5 Rf8 33. b6 Rc2 34. Nf7+ Rxf7 35. Qxc2 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Qh4+ {0.00 Black
has a perpetual check. } 37. Kg1 =) 25... Raf8 26. Ng3 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Rxf3+ 28. gxf3 Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 Qh2+ 30.
Ke3 Bc5+ 31. Ke4 Qxg3 {Black is down the exchange but can White escape the mating attack?} 32. Be2 (32.
Bc2 Qg6+ 33. Ke5 Nc4#) 32... Qf4+ 33. Kd3 Rd8+ 34. Kc2 Rxd1 35. Raxd1 Qxa4+ 36. Kc1 0-1
White fianchettos Queen side.
Moondancers_(2001) Evilone (1846) Playchess.com 6/26/05 Game 3m
1. e4 f5 2. exf5 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. fxe6 dxe6 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O Qe8 10. d3 a6
11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Nh2 Qg6 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Bxh3 18. Kh2 Bd7 19.
g3 Rf6 20. Kg2 Raf8 21. Qe2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rh1 (23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Bd3 Qg5 26. Qe4
g6 27. Kg1 c6 28. Rae1 Kg7 29. Qxd4 Bc5 30. Qe4 Qxg3+ 31. Qg2 Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 34.
Re7+ R2f7 35. Re6 Rf6 36. Re7+ R8f7 37. Re8 Kh6 38. a3 h4 {-+ Black should win the endgame.}) 23... Rxf2+
24. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qxg3+ 26. Ke2 Qxe3+ 27. Kd1 Bg4+ 0-1
CONCLUSION
The Franco-Hiva Gambit Declined lines are actually easier to play than the Accepted lines. Black normally gets
the half open f-file but has to work to get in the pawn push e5 to free the his B at e6. Black has to be very aware
of the fact that White can slow down Blacks development with the N posted at e5. This means that Black has to
get in the move e5 before White posts a N at e5.
An interesting declined line is the Muzio Variation where Black sacrifices the N at f6 like in the Kings Gambit
Muzio Variation (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 and White castles king side and sacrifices the N at f3 for
the king side attack.)
THE VECTOR GAMBIT
In the English Opening (1.c4), Black has the option of playing the opening like a reversed Sicilian Defense if
he can get in the move e5 early in the opening. You have very similar reversed lines with a tempo up for
White. I had been playing the White side of the Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3) for
many years and I was familiar with Smith-Morra Gambit positions. This new gambit with the moves 1.c4
d5 2.cxd5 c6 can transpose into a reversed Smith-Morra Gambit type of position. I had named this new
gambit the Vector Gambit. In physics and engineering the term vector refers to something that has magnitude
and direction. Both force and velocity have magnitude and direction.
In the Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit, the main piece & pawn configuration are as follows: Rooks at c1 & d1,
Q at e2, B at c4 or d3, the other B at e3, f4 or g5, pawns at a2, b2, e4, f2, g2, and h2 and Ns at c3 & f3. In
the Vector Gambit Blacks main piece and pawn configuration as follows: Rooks at c8 & d8, Q at e7, B at c5
and e6 or f5 or g4, pawns at a7, b7, e5, f7, g7 and h7 and Ns at f6 and c6. This setup for Black can vary
depending on what White plays. If White plays e3 Black places his B at d6 instead of at c5. If White
fianchettos King side Black can play the B to e6 followed by Q to d7 to prepare to exchange Bs to weaken
Whites King side fianchetto position.
1.c4 d5 2.cxd5 c6 3.dxc6 is the Vector Gambit Accepted. Black normally takes back the pawn with 3Nxc6.
It is quite possible that Black can gambit another pawn by playing 3e5 4.cxb7 Bxb7. It is like a reverse
Danish Gambit line.
There are a number of ways White can decline the Vector Gambit and they are:
3.d4
3.e4
3.Nc3
3.Nf3
3.g3
3.e3
3.b3
In this article I will only cover the declined line 3.e4. This is the game that I lost to National Master Tom
Dorsch at the Hawaii International in 1994. Most of the other declined lines transpose back into regular
orthodox lines.
My tournament record with the Vector Gambit is 2 wins and 1 loss.
BLACK PLAYS AN EARLY f5 MOVE
The move f5 is sometimes played by Black early in the opening to assist in the King side attack. Black has
pawns at f5 and e5. If White has a King side fianchetto position with the pawn at g3 Black can play f4 to
attack the Whites fianchetto pawn position. Black can also play e4 to chase the White N away from the f3
square.
The following game is the first known Vector Gambit Accepted game. Black played an early f5 to start a
King side attack.
Leer Salvesen, Kjarta - Hagesather, Arne

Randaberg 1991
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 {This is the delayed version of the Vector Gambit.} 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 e5
6. e4 Bc5 7. Be2 Bg4 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 {[White has that familiar Sicilian Boleslavsky type pawn
structure.]} h6 {[9...h6 is a Smith-Morra type of move to prevent the troublesome pin of Black's knight at f6
with White's move Bg5.]} 10. a3 Nh7 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bb2 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. Ng3 Rf6 16. b5
Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rc1 Bb6 20. Rc4 Qd7 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. Ne4 Rf4 23. Nd2 Raf8 24.
Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Qd5 Qf5 26. Re1 Bd4 27. Re4 Nf6 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Qa5 b6 31. g3? {[A
clear error, now Black has the desperado move 31...Qxf3 with a won game.]} Qxf3 32. Nxf3 bxa5 0-1
ChessGenius2 Clyde Nakamura (2100) 8/18/95
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 f5 {[I was experimenting with a new variation of the
Vector Gambit. It appears to have many weaknesses. King side weaknesses etc. but it's strength appears to be
the pawns at e5 & f5 to create a pawn roller for the attack.]} 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bd6{[The question was
whether to place the KB at either c5 or d6. The problem with the B at c5 is that you could run into an
eventual fork trick. The B placed at d6 protects the e pawn and prepare for the king-side attack.]} 8. d4 e4 9.
Nd2 h6 {[9...Nxd4 is not playable because of White's strong reply 10.Nd2xe4! The text move forces the
White B to release the pin by exchanging B forN]} 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. e3 O-O 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. Nb5 Bb8
14. O-O Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Re1 f4 17. gxf4 Rxf4 18. exf4 Bxf4 19. Nf1 Bg4 20. Be6 Bxe6 21. Qc2 Bg4
22. Qxe4 Bf3 23. Qg6 Bg5 24. Ne3 Ne7 25. Qf7 Bxe3
Position after move 25Bxe3
26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. Rxe3 Qf6 28. Rae1 Ng6 29. Rg3 Rf8 30. Re2 Nf4 31. Rc2 a6 32. Nc3 Qxd4 33. a3 h5
34. Re3 Qd6 35. Rg3 h4 36. Rg4 g5 0-1
Sievilainen, Tuomo - Pirttimaki, Timo

FIN-chT1 0102 Finland 2001
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 f5 {An early f5 variation of the Vector Gambit.} 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Kh8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bc1 a6 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Bb2 f4 15. Nh4
Qe8 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ne4 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qh5 19. Nd6 g5 20. Nf3 (20. Nxc8 Bxc8 21. Bxc6 gxh4 (21... bxc6
22. Ng6+ Qxg6 23. Bxe5 Bh3 24. Rxc6 Qf5 25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. d4 Bxf1 27. Qxf1 Kg7 28. Qg2 Kg6 29. Bxf6
Kxf6 {+/= 0.34}) 22. Bf3 Bg4 (22... Qg5 23. Kg2 Bxf2 24. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxf2 26. Bxe5 Bf5 27. Qg1
Qxg1+ 28. Rxg1 {+- 4.19}) 23. d4 Rg8 24. Qb3 exd4 25. Qd3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qe5 27. Qh1 Qg5 28. Rc7
hxg3 29. f4 Qg6 30. Qh4 Rg7 31. f5 Qh5 32. Qxh5 Nxh5 33. Rxg7 Nxg7 34. Kg2 {+-2.84}) 20... Ng4 21.
Rxc6 Rxf3 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 0-1
WHITE FIANCHETTOS KING SIDE

AND FALLS INTO THE VECTOR GAMBIT TRAP
In the Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit there exists the trap 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6
6.Bc4 Nf6 7.e5. If 7Nxe5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Bxf7+ and Blacks Q drops. If 7dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Nxd8 9.Nb5
and Black is in trouble. A similar trap exists in the Vector Gambit after 1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4.
Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d3 Bc5 7. g3 e4. If White plays 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.dxe4 Bxf2+ and Whites Q drops. And
if 8.dxe4 Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 Nb4 and White is in trouble.
Eurolix (1911) Evilone (1905) Playchess.com 1/25/04 Game 5m
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3 Bc5 7. Nf3 e4 {This is a similar trap that exists
in the Smith-Morra Gambit. The position does not look like there is a trap but White is in serious trouble.} 8.
dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxe4 10. Kc2 Nxf2 11. Rf1 Bf5+ 12. Kb3 Be6+ 13. Kc2 (13. Ka4 {White had to play
this move. It is forced. The other move leads to checkmate.}) ({Better is} 13. Ka4 b5+ (13... a6 14. b4 Bxb4
15. Nd4 b5+ 16. Nxb5 axb5+ 17. Kxb5 Rb8+ 18. Ka4 Kd7 19. Bxc6+ Kxc6 20. Be3 Ne4 21. Rf5 Ra8+ 22.
Kxb4 Rhb8+ 23. Bb6 Rxb6+ 24. Rb5 Rxb5#) 14. Kxb5 Rb8+ 15. Ka4 Rb4+ 16. Ka3 Na5 17. b3 Rxb3+ 18.
Ka4 Bd7+ 19. Kxa5 Bb6+ 20. Ka6 Bc8#) 13... Nb4+ 14. Kc3 Ne4# 0-1
Final Position after 14..Ne4#
Alekhine21 (1893) Evilone (1894) Playchess.com 1/1/05 Game 5m
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 Bc5 7. g3 e4 {The Vector Gambit trap) 8.
dxe4 (8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Bxf2+ {White's Q drops.}) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nb4 10. Ne3 (10. Rb1 Nc2+ 11.
Kd2 Nb4 12. Ke1 Nxe4 13. Bg2 Bf5 14. a3 Nc2+ 15. Kf1 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Ne5 Nd2+ 18. Bxd2 Rxd2
19. Nc3 Bd4 20. Nc4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rd7 22. Rc1 Rhd8 23. f3 = {0.00 according to Fritz8}) 10... Bxe3 11.
Bxe3 Nc2+ 12. Kd2 Nxa1 13. e5 Ne4+ 14. Kc1 O-O 15. Kb1 Rd8 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. Kxa1 Rac8 18. Nd4
Bg6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 Bh7 21. f4 Nxg3 22. Rh3 Nxe2 0-1
Der Schlafer (1942) Evilone (1842) Playchess.com 6/12/05 Game 5m
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d3 Bc5 7. g3 e4 {The Vector Gambit trap) 8.
dxe4 (8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Bxf2+ {and White's Q drops.}) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 {Black threatens Nc7+
winning White's R.} Nb4 10. Rb1 Nxe4 11. Bd2?? {A huge error which leads to mate in one with Nc2
checkmate.} (11. Bg2 Bf5 12. a3 Rd8 13. Bf4 Nc2+ 14. Kf1 h6 15. Rc1 g5 16. Ne3 Nxe3+ 17. Bxe3 Bxe3
18. fxe3 Ke7 (18... O-O 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Bg6 21. Ke1 Rfe8 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rf1 a6 24. Kd2 Kg7 25.
Rf2 Red8 26. g4 Rd7 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28. Kxc1 Kg6 29. b4 h5 30. h3 h4 31. Kb2 =) 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. Bh3 Kd6
21. Ke1 h5 22. b4 g4 23. Bg2 h4 24. Rf1 =) 11... Nc2# 0-1
Martino (1933) Evilone (1866) Playchess.com 1/25/04 Game 5m
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 Bc5 7. g3 e4 {The Vector Gambit trap.} 8. dxe4
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nxe4 10. e3 Nb4 11. Ke2 Be6 12. b3 O-O-O 13. Bb2 Kb8 14. Bg2 Bg4 15. h3 Rd2+ 16.
Ke1 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Nxb2 (17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxb2 19. Rh2 Nxg3+ 20. Kg1 Nf5 21. Nxb2 Rxb2 22. Bg4
Nh4 23. Rh1 f5 24. b4 Bxb4 25. Bd1 Rd8 26. Bh5 Rdd2 27. Rf1 Bc5 28. a3 Rxf2 29. Rxf2 Bxe3 30. Kf1
Rxf2+ 31. Ke1 Ng2+ 32. Kd1 Nf4 33. Re1 Rd2+ 34. Kc1 Nd3+ 35. Kb1 Nxe1 {-+ 19.81}) 18. Nxd2 Nxd2+
19. Kg1 Bxd1 20. Kh2 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Rhc1 Bb6 23. Rc3 Rd8 24. Rb1 Nd3 {-+5.22} 25. Kg1 a6
26. b4 Be4 27. Rd1 Ne5 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. a4 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Bf6 31. Rc5 Ne5 32. f4 Nd3 33. Rc4 Bd5
34. Rc2 Nxb4 35. Rd2 Bc6 36. Kf2 Bxa4 37. e4 Bc6 38. e5 Be7 39. f5 Bc5+ 40. Ke2 a5 41. g4 a4 42. g5 a3
43. h4 a2 44. Rxa2 {White had to stop the Black a pawn from Queening.} Nxa2 45. h5 Nc3+ 46. Kd3 Nb5
47. g6 hxg6 48. f6 gxf6 49. h6 {This is White's last chance to win the game.} fxe5 50. h7 e4+ 51. Kc4 Bd4 {
Black had one last move to stop the White pawn from Queening.} 0-1
WHITE FIANCHETTOS KING SIDE

& BLACK PLAYS TO EXCHANGE N & B FOR R & P
Norbear (1945) Evilone (1899) Playchess.com 2/16/04 Game 4m + 2s
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. O-O f5 10. Bg5
Qe8 11. h3 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Kh8 (13... f4 14. gxf4 h6 15. Nb5 Qf7 16. Bh4 exf4 17. Kg1 Qg6
18. Kh2 Bd7 19. Nc3 Rf7 20. d4 Re8 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. d5 Ne5 23. Qd4 Ng6 24. Bf2 b6 25. Ne4 Qe7 26.
Nfd2 {+- 1.59 }) 14. e4 h6 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qa4 Rd8 17. Kg1 Rxd3 18. Re1 Qg6 19. Bf2 f4 20. g4 Bxg4
21. hxg4 Qxg4 22. Kf1 Rxf3 23. Bxf3 Qxf3 24. Nd5 Nd4 25. Qa3 Qh1+ 26. Bg1 f3 (26... Rc8 27. Nxf4
exf4 28. Qd3 f3 29. Kf2 Qg2+ 30. Ke3 f2 31. Qe2 Nc2+ 32. Kd3 Qg3+ 33. Qe3 Qd6+ 34. Qd4 Qxd4+ 35.
Ke2 fxe1=Q+ 36. Kf3 Qdxe4#) (26... Rg8 27. Rc1 Nf3 28. Qxa7 Nh2+ 29. Ke2 Qf3+ 30. Kd2 Qxe4 31.
Bxh2 Rd8 32. Rc5 Rxd5+ 33. Rxd5 Qxd5+ 34. Ke2 g5 35. Qb6 Kh7 36. Qf6 Qc4+ 37. Kd2 Qd4+ 38. Ke1
Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qxb2+ 44. Kh3 Qxa2 45. Qf5+ Kg7
46. Qxe5+ Kf7 47. Bxf4 Qe6+ 48. Qxe6+ Kxe6 49. Be3 b5 50. Bc5 Kd5 51. Be7 Kc4 52. Bf8 h5 53. Be7
g4+ 54. Kh4 b4 55. Bf6 b3 56. Bb2 Kd3 57. Ba1 Kc2 58. Bd4 b2 59. Bxb2 Kxb2 {The endgame is lost for
White.}) 27. Qxf8+ Kh7 28. Ne7 (28. Ne3 Qh3+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kf1 =) 28... Qg2# 0-1
Hadrauf1 (2059) Evilone (1972) Playchess.com 1/1/05 Game 5m
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. O-O Nxf2 {The
N & B exchange for R & pawn.} 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 f5 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Ng5 Qe8 {to prevent Nf7+
winning the exchange.} 14. Bxc6 (14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Qa3 Qf6 16. Qd6 h6 17. Nf3 Rb8 18. Be3 Be6 19. Nc7
Bg8 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. Nb5 Ra8 22. Bc5 b6 23. Ba3 Rd8 24. Nc3 g5 25. Rc1 g4 26. Nh4 a5 27. h3 gxh3 28.
Bxh3 Be6 29. Nb5 Bc8 30. Ke1 Nb4 31. d4 e4 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. e3 Bd7 34. Nc7 Rc8 35. Kd2 Rg8 36. Nd5
Rf7 37. Nf4 Rxg3 38. Nhg6+ Kg8 39. Ne5 Re7 40. Rc7 Rgg7 41. Rb7 b5 42. Rb8+ Be8 43. Bxf5 {+-
5.75}) 14... bxc6 15. Bd2 f4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Rg1 Qh5 19. Rg2 (19. Qb7 Rae8 20. Qxa7 Kg8
21. Qc7 c5 22. Ne4 Rf7 23. Qxc5 Bxf3 24. exf3 Qxh2+ 25. Rg2 Qh3 26. Qd4 Kh8 27. Bc3 Rg8 28. Ng5
Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Re7 30. Qe4 Rge8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Rxg7+ Kf8 33. Qb4 Qe1+ 34. Bxe1 Kxg7 35. Bc3+
Kxf7 36. Qxf4+ Ke6 37. Qe4+ Kd7 38. Qb7+ {+-8.78}) 19...Bxf3 20. exf3 Rae8 21. Ne4 Qh4+ 22. Kf1
Qh3 23. d4 (23. Qb7 Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 Rg8 25. Bc3 Re5 (25... Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Qc2+ 27. Nd2 Re2+ 28. Kxe2
f3+ 29. Kxf3 Qxd3+ 30. Kf2 Rf8+ 31. Ke1 Qe3+ 32. Kd1 {+- 15.81}) 26. Bxe5 Qd1+ 27. Kf2 Qc2+ 28. Kf3
Qxd3+ 29. Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Bf6 Qf1+ 31. Rf2 Rxf6+ 32. Ke5 Rxf2 33. Nxf2 Qb5+ 34. Qxb5 cxb5 {+-4.75 &
White is won.}) 23... Rxe4
24. fxe4 f3 25. Qe3 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 f2+ 27. Kd1 f1=Q+ 28. Kc2 Qc4+ 29. Qc3 Qxc3+ 30. bxc3 Rf2 0-1
WHITE FIANCHETTOS KINGSIDE

BUT WEAKENS WHITE SQUARE AT D3 BY PLAYING E3
The following game was the first time I had played the Vector Gambit in a tournament game. White played a
King side fianchetto and also played the move e3 which seriously weakened the light square on d3.
Edward Taylor Clyde Nakamura (2100)

Hi State Champ 1993
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 {[The Vector Gambit. Black is attempting to play a reversed Smith-Morra Gambit. ]} 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. h3? {[White has to develop quickly. 7.h3 is too slow.]} O-O 8.
e3?? Nb4 {White now is in big trouble because of the weak white square at d3.} 9. Be4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qd3
11. f3 Nc2+ 12. Kf2 Bxe3+ 13. Kg2 Nxa1 14. Nf2 Bxf2 15. Kxf2 Nc2 16. Ne2 Be6 {Black continues to put
pressure on White's center position. It is now only a matter of time before White cracks.} 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18.
b3 Rac8 19. Ne4 h6 20. g4 f5 21. Ng3 fxg4 22. hxg4 Rf8 23. Rh4 Nd4 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. f4
Rxc1! {[If 27.Qxc1 Qf3+ 28.Kg1 Ne7+ wins the Q or Black can continue on the kingside attack with
27.Qxc1 Qf3+ 28.Kg1 Qg3+ 29.Kf1 Qxh4.]}0-1
Position after 26Rxc1
Anubis (1813) Evilone (1972)

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. e3 Nb4 8. Nf3 (8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Qxd4
10. Qe2+ Be7 11. Be3 Qd3 12. Qxd3 Nxd3+ 13. Ke2 Nxb2 14. Rb1 Nc4 15. Bxb7 Bxb7 16. Rxb7 Nxe3 17.
Kxe3 Bc5+ 18. Ke2 O-O 19. Nh3 Rac8 20. Rhb1 Rfe8+ 21. Kf1 a6 22. a4 Bxf2 23. Nxf2 Rxc3 24. R7b6
Rc2 25. Rxa6 h5 26. Re1 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ng4+ 28. Kf1 Nxh2+ 29. Kf2 Ng4+ = {0.00}) 8... Nd3+ 9. Kf1 O-
O 10. b3 Ng4 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. d4 Ne4 14. Nxe5 Nexf2 15. Qc2 Nxh1 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17.
Bxh1 (17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxf7 Nhf2 19. h3 Nh6 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Ne4 22. Kg2 Ng8 23. Bxe4 fxe4
24. Ba3 Nf6 25. g4 Be6 26. Rc1 Nd5 27. Kf2 Rd8 28. Ke2 {-+ 2.84}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qd1+ 19. Kg2 b5
20. Qc5? (20. Qc6 Bd7 (20... Qe2+ 21. Kg1 Qe1+ 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Ba3 Qxa1 24. Qc1 Qxa2+ 25. Qb2
Qxb2+ 26. Bxb2 Be6 27. Kf1 Rfc8 28. Bf3 Bxb3 29. h3 Rc2 30. Bd4 Rbc8 31. Be2 Ra2 32. g4 Rcc2 33.
Kg2 Rxe2+ 34. Kg3 Rg2+ 35. Kh4 Be6 36. Bc5 fxg4 37. Kg5 gxh3+ 38. Kf4 Rg4+ 39. Kf3 h2 40. e4 h1=Q+
41. Ke3 Qh3+ (41... Qxe4#)) 21. Qf3 Qxf3+ (21... Qc2+ 22. Kg1 Rfc8 23. Ba3 Bc6 24. Qf4 Bxh1 25. Kxh1
Qe2 26. Qf1 Qxe3 27. Re1 Qd2 28. Qe2 Qd5+ 29. Qg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rxh2 32. Bc5 Rxa2
33. e6 a5 34. Re5 g6 35. Bd4 Kg8 36. Rxb5 Rd8 37. Bc5 Re8 38. e7 a4 39. g4 Kf7 40. g5 axb3 41. Rxb3 Rc2
42. Bd4 Rxe7 43. Bf6 Rh2 44. Kg3 Ree2 45. Rb7+ Ke6 46. Rb6+ Kd5 47. Rb5+ Kc4 48. Rb7 Rhg2+ 49.
Kf3 Rgf2+ 50. Kg3 f4+ 51. Kh4 Re1 52. Rc7+ Kd3 53. Rc3+ Ke4 54. Rc4+ Kf3 55. Rc3+ Kg2 56. Rc4 Rfe2
57. Kg4 f3 58. Rf4 f2 59. Be5 Re4 60. Bb8 Rxf4+ 61. Kxf4 f1=Q+ {-+}) 22. Kxf3 Bc6+ 23. Kf4 Bxh1 24.
Ba3 Be4 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. e6 Re8 27. Ke5 Kg8 28. Rd1 a5 29. h3 b4 30. Rd2 h6 31. g4 g6 32. h4 Bb1 33.
g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Kg7 35. Rd7+ Kh8 36. Kf6 Bxa2 37. Kf7 Bxb3 38. Kxe8 Bxe6 39. Rd6 Bg8 40. Rxg6 Kh7
41. Rf6 Kg7 42. Rxf5 a4 43. Rf4 a3 44. Rxb4 Kg6 45. Rb5 { +- 3.22 a bad line for Black. This was
suggested by Fritz8.}) 20... Bb7+ 21. Kh3 Qxh1 22. Bb2 Bg2+ 23. Kh4 Qxh2+ 24. Kg5 Qh6# 0-1
BISHOP SAC ON f2 SQUARE
After the moves 1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nf3 e4 White
sometimes plays 8.Ng5. At this point Black has the 8Bxf2 sac which disrupts Whites development and
wins back a pawn and N for the Black B.
Groove (1840) Evilone (1889)
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 {The Vector Gambit} 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. Nf3 e4 8. Ng5
Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Ng4+ 10. Ke1 Qxg5 11. Nxe4 Qg6 12. d4 O-O 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Nc5 Rad8 (14... b6 15. Qa4
Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Rad8 17. Qc3 bxc5 18. Kf1 Rfe8 19. h3 Nf6 20. Qxc5 Ne4 21. Qa5 Bd7 22. Qe1 Qf6 23.
Kg1 Qxb2 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qa5 Re8 27. Qa6 Ba8 28. Qxa7 Qxe2 29. Qe3 Qxa2 30. Rh2
Qa5 31. Bxe4 Qa1+ 32. Qc1 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 Qxe4 34. Kh2 Bd5 {-+ 1.19 with a slight plus for Black.}) 15. e3
Nb4 16. Rc1 (16. e4 Rxd4 17. Qxd4 (17. Qe2 Re8 18. Kf1 Qb6 19. Nb3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rdxe4 21. Qxg4
Qc6 22. Qf3 Rxf4 23. Nd4 Rxf3+ 24. Kg1 Qd5 25. Nxf3 Qxf3 {-+}) 17... Nc2+ {and White's Q drops}) 16...
b6 17. Nb3 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxf4+ 19. gxf4 Nxe3 20. Qg1 Nxg2 {-+ 7.22 White's K is not safe. Black's attack
on White's K is still very strong.} 0-1
Position after move 19Nxe3
BISHOP SAC ON H3 PAWN
The B sac on the h3 pawn is very strong if the white squared B has been eliminated through a piece
exchange.
ArasanX (2120) DarkPrince (2120)

ICS Chess Server 9/19/98 Game 15m
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. e3 e5 5. Bc4 Bd6 {White is playing a Reversed Sicilian Kan type of
pawn formation. I usually play the B to this square against the Kan.} 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Nc3
Bg4 10. a3 Qe7 11. Nd5 (11. h3 Be6 12. e4 b5 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Bg5 Rac8 15. Rc1 Kh8 16. b4 Ng8 17.
Nd5 f6 18. Be3 Nge7 19. Qb3 f5 20. Rfe1 fxe4 21. dxe4 Qg6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nxe7 Bxe7 24. Qe6 Qe8 25.
Nf3 Rf6 {+/- 1.00}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Rad8 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Rac1 f5 16. Qb3 Rb8 17.
Qc2 Rf6 {Black does a R lift. I intend to play the R to a6 and will try to line up the R & Q on the h file for
the King side attack.} 18. Bc3 Rh6 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Rf8 21. Rfe1 Bg4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nxe5 Qh4 24.
h3?Bxh3! 25. gxh3 (25. f3 Be6 26. Kf1 Qg3 27. Qf2 Rh1+ 28. Ke2 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bxe5 30. Kf1 Qxf2+
31. Kxf2 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Re8 {-+ 1.78}) 25... Qxh3 26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Re8+ 0-1
Master Vampire (1959) Evilone (1840)

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 {A new move I have not seen in the Vector
Gambit.} Bc5 7. e3 Ng4 {The pawns at f7 & e6 appear to be weak. I was looking for a B sac on e3.} 8. Nb3
Bb6 9. Be2 O-O 10. h3 Nf6 11. O-O Bd7 12. a3 Qc8 {I was preparing for the B sac on h3.} 13. Bd2 Bxh3
14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Nh2 h5 16. Bf3 e4! {A beautiful move.} 17. dxe4 (17. Bg2 Qh4 18. Be1 Qg5 19. dxe4
Rfd8 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. Qb1 Qg4 22. Nh2 Qg6 23. Bc3 Re8 24. e5 Qxb1 25. Rfxb1 Nxe5 26. Rd1 {+-
3.25}) 17... Bc7 18. Re1 {It is too late White cannot escape mate mate in 4.} Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Bg3+ 20. Kg1
Qh2+ 0-1
SCHEVENINGEN PIECE & PAWN SETUP
White can setup a reverse Sheveningen type of piece & pawn configuration with the 2 Ns at f3 & c3, pawns
at e3 & d3, half open c file, Bs at e2 & d2 and Q at either c2, b3 or a4. The Sheveningen setup is one of the
most difficult setups for Black to attack.
Paws (2008) Evilone (1879)

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 Qe7 {White now has
that Sicilian Scheveningen setup in reverse. It is one of the most hard to crack in the Vector Gambit.} 9. a3
a5 10. O-O Bf5 11. e4 Bg4 12. Bg5 Be6 {My B has to drop back to e6 to guard the d5 square, otherwise
White gets in Nd5 which could compromise my King side position.} 13. Rc1 Ba7 14. Na4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. d4 exd4 20. e5 Qe7 21. Ne4 (21. Qxd4 Na2 22. Rc2 Bf5 23.
Rxa2 Bxc5 24. Qa1 Rxa2 25. Qxa2 Be4 26. Qc4 Bc6 {=/+ 0.28 with a slight plus for Black.}) 21... Nc6 22.
Bd3 (22. Re1 Nxe5 23. Ng3 Re8 24. Nxd4 Rd8 25. Ngf5 Qf6 26. Qc2 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 { -+ 4.12}) 22...
Bg4 23. Rxc6 {a desperation exchange sac to slow down my attack.} bxc6 24. Re1 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxe5 26.
Re2 c5 (26... Bb6 27. g3 Qd5 28. Rb2 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Ba7 30. Rb5 Qe6 31. Rb7 c5 32. Nd2 Qe1 33. Qe4
Qh1+ 34. Kh3 Qxe4 35. Nxe4 Rb8 36. Rd7 Bb6 37. Bc4 Ra7 38. Bxf7+ Kf8 39. Rxa7 Bxa7 40. Bd5 d3 41.
Bc4 Rd8 42. Nd2 Bb6 {-+ 5.16}) 27. g4 Rab8 28. h4 Rfe8 29. g5 hxg5 30. Nxg5 Qf6 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.
Qh5 Re1+ 33. Kg2 c4 34. Bh7+ Kf8 35. Be4 Ke7 {Forced, if not my K & Q gets forked with check which
drops my Q.} 36. Nh7 Qf4 37. Qd5? (37. Bf3 c3 38. Qa5 Bb8 39. Qc5+ Bd6 40. Qa7+ Bc7 41. Qc5+ Qd6
42. Qg5+ Ke8 43. Qb5+ Kd8 44. Qd5 Qxd5 45. Bxd5 c2 46. Ng5 c1=Q {-+ and this should be an easy win
for Black.}) 37... Qxe4+ {This cuts off all of White's counter play. This is an easy endgame win for
Black.} 38. Qxe4+ Rxe4 39. Ng5 Rxh4 40. Nf3 Rg4+ 41. Kh3 Re4 42. Kg2 c3 43. Ng5 Re5 (43... Rg4+ {I
should have played this but I was in time pressure.}) 44. f4 Rxg5+ 45. fxg5 c2 46. g6 c1=Q 47. gxf7 Kxf7
48. Kf3 Qe3+ 49. Kg4 Kf6 50. Kh4 Qg1 51. Kh3 Bb8 52. Kh4 Qg3+ 0-1
BLACK PLAYS 2e5 AND GETS THE DANISH GAMBIT TYPE OF SETUP
After 1.c4 d5 2.cxd5 c6 3.dxc6 e5 4.cxb.d7 Bxb7 Black obtains a Danish Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3
dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2) type of pawn & piece setup.
Chess Genius Clyde Nakamura

Test Game 1993 Game 10m
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 e5 4. cxb7 Bxb7 {This is a Danish Gambit type of setup in the Vector Gambit
where Black has offered 2 gambit pawns instead of just one pawn.} 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Nc3 e4 7. Nd4 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. e3 Ngf6 10. d4 exd3 (10... O-O 11. Bd2 Bc7 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Ba5 Qe7 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Qh5 f5
16. Nc3 Kh8 17. Bc4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Nb6 19. Be2 Nd5 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Bc4 Bd6 22. b3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3
Bxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. O-O Qe7 26. Rfc1 Rad8 27. Ba6 Be8 28. Qe2 Bf7 29. Bc4 Rc8 30. Bxf7 Rxc3 31.
Rxc3 Qxf7 {+/- 0.97 White still has a plus}) 11. Bxd3 O-O 12. O-O Ne5 13. Bf5 Qe7 14. Nd4 Rad8 15.
Qa4 g6 16. Bh3 Nh5 17. Qb3 Ba8 {As a precautionary measure I moved my B to a8 to eliminate the
possibility of a pin on the B at b7.} 18. Rd1 Qh4 19. Nce2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Ng4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22. f3 Qh4
23. Qa4 Ng7 24. Qxa7 Nf5 25. Qa4 Nxd4 26. exd4 (26. Rxd4 Qe1#) 26... Rfe8 27. Rf1 Re2 28. Qc4
Rde8 {Doubling R's on the e file to control the e file.} 29. Qd3 Bd5 30. Bd2 Bc4 31. Qxc4 {Attacking the b
pawn and threatening to double R's on the second rank.} Rxd2 32. Rab1 Ree2 {-+ 4.12 according to Fritz8
but the advantage is more than this because White now has to sac the Q for R.} 33. Qxe2 {White had to take
out one of my R's with the Q but this leads to a lost game.} Rxe2 34. f4 Qg4 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Qxf4+
37. Kg1 Qxd4+ 38. Kh1 Qd3 39. Ra1 Qc2 40. b4 Qb2 41. Rf1 Qxa2 42. g3 Qb2 43. Rf4 f5 44. h4 Kg7 45.
Kg1 Kf6 46. Kf1 Ke5 47. Kg1 h6 48. h5 g5 49. Rf2 Qxb4 50. Re2+ Kf6 51. Kg2 Qg4 52. Ra2 Qxh5 53.
Ra6+ Ke7 54. Ra7+ Kd6 55. Ra6+ Kc7 56. Ra7+ Kb6 57. Ra2 f4 58. gxf4 Qg4+ 59. Kf1 Qxf4+ 60. Rf2
Qxf2+ {The Q for R exchange ensures that Black wins the game because White cannot stop the 2 passed
pawns.} 61. Kxf2 h5 62. Kf3 Kc5 63. Ke4 g4 64. Kf4 Kd5 65. Kg3 Ke4 66. Kf2 h4 {[Game continued on
til move 78 before White got checkmated.]} 0-1
OTHER GAMES
Mchess Pro Clyde Nakamura (2100) Test Game 1994
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 Bc5 7. a3 {[I do not believe 7.a3 is correct.
There is still the thematic 7...e4 pawn thrust.]} e4 8. Ng5 {[If 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.dxe4 then Black wins the Q
with 9...Bxf2+.]} Bf5 9. Qb3 {[Black is ahead in development and has a space advantage.]} Qe7! {[9...Qe7!
Its a good move. It covers both weak points at f7 & b7 and also threatens exd3 if White does not exchange at
e4.]} 10. dxe4 Nd4! 11. Qd1 Nxe4 12. Ngxe4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Qa4+ b5 15. Qa5 O-O {[15...0-0 is
a safe and solid move. Now there is no threat of Qxb5+ and winning the Black B at c5.]} 16. e3 Nc2+ 17.
Ke2 Nxa1 {[There was no checkmate with 17...Qc4+ 18.Kd1 Rad1+ 19.Bd2 or 18.Kf3 ]} 18. Qc3 Rac8 19.
f3 Qe6 {[19.Qe6 played to free the Black N at a1 with Nb3.]} 20. Kf2 Nb3 21. Qe1 Nxc1 22. Qxc1
Rfe8! {[Now the pressure on e3 is too deadly. White cannot defend the e3 square.]} 23. Qa1 Qxe3+ 24. Kg3
Bd6+ 25. Kh3 Qh6+ 26. Kg4 f5+ 27. Kxf5 Qf4# 0-1
Darioz (1920) Evilone (1916)

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Ng4 9. e3 {I was going
to play the Nxf2 move to exchange N & B for R & pawn. White blocked my move.} f5 10. h3 Nf6 11. a3
a5 {To prevent b5.} 12. b3 Qe7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rae8 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18.
Nf3 (18. h4 Rd8 19. d4 Bd6 20. Kg2 e4 21. Rh1 Qe8 22. Rc1 = {0.00 according to Fritz8}) 18...f4 19. Nh4
Qg5 20. Be4 fxg3 21. Ng6+ Kg8 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. d4 gxf2+ 24. Kh2 exd4 25. Bxd4 (25. Bh7+ Kxh7 26.
Qc2+ Bf5 27. Qxc5 Qh4 28. Qxf5+ Rxf5 29. Rh1 Rg5 30. Rhg1 fxg1=Q+ 31. Rxg1 Qf2+ 32. Rg2
Qxg2#) 25... Bd6+ 26. Kh1 Qg3 {White cannot stop checkmate.} 0-1
Position after 26Qg3
Simdan (1874) Evilone (1974)

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. g3 Qe7 10. Bg2
Be6 {To prevent Nd5.} 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Rc1 Rac8 {To over protect the N at c6.} 15.
Qd2 Rfd8 {The 2 R's, Q & B at e6 are in the Smith-Morra Gambit piece setup.} 16. Qb2 f5 17. Na4
Bf7 {White threatened the capture the pawn at e5.} 18. Nc5 Bb8 19. Nh4 g6 {to guard the f pawn.} 20.
Nxa6 Nd4 21. Nxb8 Rxb8 22. e3 Nc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Kh7 25. Rfc1 Rd7 (25... Rb5 26. Qc3 Rbd5
27. Rc2 Rxd3 28. Qc5 Qe8 29. Rc7 R8d7 30. Nf3 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Bd5 32. Rxd7+ Qxd7 33. Qc7 Be4 34. Rc4
g5 35. h3 Qxc7 36. Rxc7+ Kg6 37. g4 h5 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. Kg3 h4+ 40. Kg2 g4 41. hxg4+ Kxg4 42. Rg7+
Kf5 43. Rh7 Rd8 44. Rf7+ Kg4 45. Rg7+ Kf5 = {0.00 it is even according to Fritz8}) 26. b5 Rbd8 27. d4
exd4 28. exd4 Rxd4 29. Rc7 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1(30. Kg2 R8d7 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rc8 Bd5+ 33. f3 Qg7 34.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. a4 {+- 2.91}) 30... Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxc7 32. b6 Qc6+ 33. Kh3 Be6 34. b7 f4+ 35. g4
Rd3+ 36. f3 Rxf3+ 37. Nxf3 (37. Kg2 Rb3+ 38. Kf1 Rxb2 39. Ng2 Qxg2+ 40. Ke1 Qg1#) 37... Qxf3+ 38.
Kh4 Qxg4# 0-1
It is very strange that I had to face my own gambit against a computer chess program called Absurd on the
Internet Chess Club. I played a close game but Absurd eventually had a 2 pawn advantage and went on to
win the game.
Evilone (2096) Absurd (2514)

Internet Chess Club 1998 Game 17m
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 e6 {This is a little bit slow. Better was 5...e5 which gives
Black a much better development.} 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Bg5
Be7 {Black did not like White posting my N at d5 where is could cause problems on Black's K side.} 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Ne3 Rc8 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rc7 17. Bf1 Rd8 18. Rd2 Rcc8 19. Rad1 Nd4
20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qb6 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Ra6 23. Qb4 Ra4 24. Qb6 Rxa2 25. Nc2 Be7 26. d4 Qc6 27. Qxc6
bxc6 28. d5 cxd5 29. exd5 Bd7 30. d6 Bg5 31. Ne3 Ra4 32. b3 Rh4 33. Rc2 Bf4 34. Ba6 (34. h3 Bg5 35.
Rc5 f6 36. Rc7 Rd4 37. Bc4+ Kf8 38. Rxd4 exd4 39. Nc2 Bxh3 40. Rf7+ Ke8 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. Nxd4 Rxd6
43. Re4 {=/+ 0.31 and Black has a slight edge.}) 34... Bxh2+ 35. Kf1 Rd4 36. Rc7 Rxd1+ 37. Nxd1 Be6 38.
Bc4 Rxd6 39. Ne3 h6 40. b4 e4 41. fxe4 Rb6 42. Ra7 Bxc4+ 43. Nxc4 Rxb4 44. Nd2 Bf4 45. Ra8+ Kh7
46. Nf3 Rxe4 {I do not believe that White can hold this endgame 2 pawns down.} 47. Rf8 Kg6 48. Nh4+
Kf6 49. Ng2 Bg5 50. Ra8 h5 51. f3 Rd4 52. Ra5 h4 53. f4 Bh6 (53... Bxf4 54. Nxh4 g5 55. Nf5 Rd2 56.
Nh6 Ke6 57. Ra6+ Bd6 58. Ra5 f6 {-+ 2.16}) 54. Rh5 Bxf4 55. Rxh4 g5 56. Rh6+ Ke5 57. Rh7 Rd1+ 58.
Ke2 Rd2+ 59. Kf1 f5 60. Re7+ Kf6 61. Re8 Bg3 62. Ne3 Kf7 63. Ra8 g4 64. Ra5 (64. Nxg4 fxg4 65. Ra4
Rf2+ 66. Kg1 Rf4 67. Ra5 Rd4 {-+ 4.72}) (64. Ra4 Ke6 65. Nxg4 f4 66. Ne3 Kf6 67. Ra6+ Kg5 68. Ra5+
Kh4 69. Ng2+ Kg4 70. Nxf4 Rf2+ 71. Kg1 Kxf4 72. Ra4+ Kf3 73. Ra3+ Kg4 74. Ra4+ Kh3 75. Ra3 Re2
76. Rf3 Kg4 77. Rf7 Bf4 78. Kf1 Rh2 79. Kg1 Rb2 80. Kf1 Kf3 81. Re7 Rh2 82. Rg7 Ra2 83. Re7 Rf2+ 84.
Ke1 Rh2 85. Kd1 Rd2+ 86. Ke1 Rd8 87. Kf1 Rh8 88. Rg7 Rh2 89. Rg8 Bh6 90. Kg1 Rc2 91. Kh1 Rc4 92.
Rg2 Rc5 93. Rg6 (93. Rg1 Rh5#) (93. Rb2 Rc1+ 94. Kh2 Bf4+ 95. Kh3 Rh1+ 96. Rh2 Rxh2#) 93... Rh5+
94. Kg1 Be3+ 95. Kf1 Rh1+ 96. Rg1 Rxg1#) 64... Kg6 65. Ra8 Bf4 66. Ng2 Bg5 67. Ra6+ Kf7 68. Ra5
Ke6 69. Rb5 Kf6 70. Ra5 f4 0-1
DECLINED LINE 3.e4
In the following game at the Hawaii International 1994, I did not play the opening & middlegame correctly
and was lost early in the opening. After analyzing this game I came to the conclusion that Whites declined
3.e4 line does not give White any advantage in the opening.
Tom Dorsch (2200) Clyde Nakamura (2100)

Hawaii International 1994
1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 c6 3. e4 {One of the declined lines.} cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf6
8. h3 Bf5 (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qd7 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Nc3 e6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. O-O O-O =) 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Qb3
Bd7 ({Better was} 10... Qb4 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2 e6 15. Bg5 Be7 16.
Rhc1 Rhc8 =) (10... O-O-O 11. Qxf7 e6 12. g4 Rd7 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. gxf5 exf5 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. O-O {-/
+ 0.91 Black got a Q for B & R. out of the exchange.}) 11. Bf4 Nxd4 {This is the losing move. I had played
for the fork trick but will be in deep trouble in a couple of moves.} 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. Nb3
Qd8? ({Better was} 14... Qb4 15. Qxb4 Bxb4 16. Bxe5 Ne4 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Kf1 f5 19. Nd5 Rxc1+ 20.
Nxc1 Re8 21. Nd3 Ba5 22. b4 Bc6 23. Nc3 Bb6 24. f3 Nd2+ 25. Ke1 Nc4 26. Bf4 Bd4 27. Nd1 Bb5 28. Kf1
h6 29. h4 Kf8 {+- 3.91 Even with this line White has an edge.}) 15. Bxe5 Be7 16. Rd1 O-O (16... Rc6 17.
Qxa7 Re6 18. Bc7 Qc8 19. Nd4 Rxe2+ 20. Ndxe2 Bc6 21. O-O O-O {+- 6.56 This line was better than what
was played but Black is still down quite a bit.}) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd7 Qb6 19. Nd5 Qb8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6
21. O-O 1-0
Conclusion
If White accepts the gambit pawn at c6, then Black obtains excellent development for his pieces and has
very good King side attacking chances. In the gambit accepted line the opening is very similar to the Sicilian
Smith-Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3). Whatever tactics and strategy that you have in the Smith-
Morra Gambit can also be used in the Vector Gambit. However I have noticed that there are some differences
such as you will see more fianchetto White King side positions than you do in the Smith-Morra Gambit and
also Black often times plays f5 at some point in the game to attack Whites King side. Most of the Vector
Gambit declined lines do transpose back into orthodox opening lines, however there are probably some
declined lines that are unique only to the Vector Gambit.
Like the Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit, the Vector Gambit has a very similar trap right in the opening. It
really is not clear whether a Danish Gambit (1.c4 d5 2.cxd5 c6 3.dxc6 e5 4.cxb7 Bxb7) type of opening setup
for Black is sound. More games with this line will be needed to test this line.
This article is a road map for those players who want to play the Black side of this gambit.
Ancient Dance - The Kahiko-Hula Gambit

In 1998 I had discovered another
gambit similar to the Keoni-Hiva
Gambit (1.e3 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4
exf4 4.Nf3). The moves of my
discovery are:
1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
This is the main accepted line.

(Please note that there are other
accepted lines which we will
examine in this article.)
I had named this gambit the Kahiko-Hula Gambit. In Hawaiian, Kahiko means ancient and Hula means
dance. Hula is an ancient Hawaiian dance form that dates back many hundreds of years to the very first
settlers of the Hawaiian islands from the Marquesas, Bora Bora and Tahiti. Each hand, arm and body
movement tells a story. Legend says that the goddess Hi'iaka was the first to dance the Hula to appease her
sister the volcano goddess Pele. In ancient times the Hula was performed at religious ceremonies. Today the
Hula is mainly a form of entertainment.
White intends to sacrifice the pawns at f4, e3 and d2 for quick piece development and freedom of movement
for the minor pieces. In the accepted lines White has the half open d-file, half open f-file and the open e-file.
A recurring theme in this gambit is that the posting of the white knight to d5 causes Black some problems.
One strategy in the Kahiko-Hula Gambit is to first advance the pawns down the queenside to cramp Black's
game and to take control of the central squares. This is basically a positional squeeze. Once this is done then
you should set up for the attack on Black's king. Another strategy is to attack Blacks queen when it is placed
outside of the pawn structure. This works in the accepted lines because black does not have all of his pieces
developed and faces the fully developed white pieces. Another strategy is to play the exchange sacrifice of
white rook on black knight at f6 to wreck blacks castled position. This sets the stage for a kingside attack.
If White is better developed than Black another possible strategy is to quickly move all of Whites forces to
the kingside for an attack on Blacks castled kingside position. White will play his queen from d1 to e1 and
then on to the h4 square.
One of the basic problems with the Kahiko-Hula Gambit is that human players will decline the gambit with
such moves as 1.c4 e6 or even 1.c4 Nf6 or play 1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.f4 e4. Computer opponents will always
take all three of the gambit pawns.
GAMBIT ACCEPTED LINES
Accepted Line 1: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Main Line
Accepted Line 2: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nc3 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
Accepted Line 3: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 f5 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
Accepted Line 4: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 g6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
Accepted Line 5: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 b6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
Accepted Line 6: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 d6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
Accepted Line 7: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 d5 3. f4 d4 4. Nf3 dxe3 5.Nxe5
GAMBIT DECLINED LINES
Declined Line 1: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.f4 e4

Declined Line 2: 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. fxe5 Ng4 7. exd6 Bxd6
Declined Line 3: 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nc6 3. f4 e4
GAMBIT ACCEPTED LINES
Listed below is a preliminary analysis of the Main Accepted Line of the Kahiko-Hula Gambit that I did with
the assistance of my Fritz8 Deluxe chess software program at 10 seconds per move.
Analysis Accepted Line 1: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 12/8/05
Analysis by Nakamura and Fritz8 Deluxe
1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 {The start of the Kahiko-Hula Gambit Accepted. White intends to also
sac the e and d pawns for open lines and quick development.} fxe3 5. Bd3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Qe7+ {I do not
believe that this early queen check is best for Black.} (6... Nc6 7. O-O Bc5+ 8. Kh1 O-O 9. Nc3 (9. Bg5 h6
10. Bh4 Nb4 11. Nc3 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Be7 14. Rf3 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Nh7 16. Bh6 Kh8 17. Bxf8
Bxf8 18. Qh5 d6 19. Qxf7 Qd7 20. Rf1 Qxf7 21. Rxf7 c6 22. Re3 Kg8 23. Rc7 Bf5 24. Rxb7 Bh6 25. Rf3
Re8 26. h4 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Be6 28. Rxa7 Bxc4 29. Rc7 {+/= 0.59}) 9... Nb4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Bb1
Re8 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Re1 d6 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6 19. Qd4+ Ke6 20. Bc2
Nc6 21. Re1+ Kd7 22. Qg4+ Re6 23. Bxg6 Ke7 24. Be4 (24. Nd5+ Kf8 25. Be4 Ne5 26. Qf4 Nxf3 27. Qxf3
Re5 28. Rf1 f5 29. g4 c6 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. gxf5 cxd5 32. Qxd5 Qd7 33. Rg1 Qc6 34. Rg8+ Ke7 35. Rg7+
Kd8 36. Rg8+ Kc7 37. f6 Rb8 38. Kg1 Qb6+ 39. c5 Qxc5+ 40. Qxc5+ dxc5 41. f7 Be6 42. Rxb8 Bxf7 43.
Ra8 {+-1.66}) 24... Kf8 25. Qf5 Rg6 26. Qf4 Rf6 27. Qg3 Ne7 28. Nd4 Qd7 =)
(6... d5 7. O-O Bc5+ 8. Kh1 O-O 9. Nc3
A) (9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Bc4 Qh5 12. Bxf7+ (12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nc3 h6 14. Bh4 Re8 15. Rae1
Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Bd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nb6 19. Bd3 f5 20. Qd4 Qf7 21. a4 a5 22. Ne5 Qb3 23. Nc4
Qxa4 24. b3 Qc6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Bf2 Bd7 29. Re7 Rc8 {+/- 0.97}) 12...
Qxf7 13. Qxc5 Ne4 14. Qc1 Nc6 15. Ng5 Qd5 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Nc3 Qg6 18. Bg5 Rd3 19. Qf4 {-/+ 0.94}
Be6)
B) 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. Qa4 Nd4 12. Bg5 Ne6 13. Rad1 Bd6 14. Nd5 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 Nxd5 16.
Nxf7 =)
7. Be2 {I do not like to exchange off queens this early in the game because black can just swap everything
down and head for the endgame 2 pawns up.} Qe6
(7... d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ng5 Rd8 12. Qe1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne5 14. Bh5 Ng6 15.
Qf2 Rd5 16. Rae1 Qf6 17. Qe2 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bf3 Re5 21. Be4 Kd8 22. g3 Kc8 23.
Bf4 Nxf4 24. gxf4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 {+/= 0.56})
(7... Ne4 8. O-O Qc5+ 9. Kh1 Nf2+ 10. Rxf2 Qxf2 11. Nc3 c6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. c5 Qc7 15. Bc3
O-O 16. Nh4 Bxh4 17. Qg4 f6 18. Nd6 g6 (18... Bg5 19. Qe4 g6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Qe7 Qd8 22. Nf7+ Rxf7
23. Qxd8+ Kg7 24. Bxf7 {+- White checkmates Black's K in 6 moves.}) 19. Qxh4 Qd8 20. Bc4+ Kg7 21.
Rf1 h5 22. Rf5 a6 23. Rxh5 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. Qxf6+ Kh7 26. Qxh8#)
8. O-O Bc5+ 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. Bd3
(11. Ng5 Qe5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rae1 hxg5 14. Bd1 Qd4 15. Nb5 Qh4 16. Nxc7 d5 17. Nxa8 Ne4 18. Rxe4
dxe4 19. Be1 Qh7 20. Bg3 Nc6 21. Nc7 f5 {-+ 1.78})
(11. Bg5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Bd3 Qg4 14. Qb1 h6 15. Be7 Re8 16. Ne5 dxe5 17. Bxc5 e4 18. Qe1 Nc6
19. Qe3 Qg5 20. Rf4 Bh3 21. Bf1 b6 22. Rxe4 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Be6 24. Ba3 Nd4 25. Bd3 a5 26. b3 c5 27.
Bb2 a4 28. b4 a3 29. Bc3 Rad8 30. Kg1 Re7 31. Kf2 Red7 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Rb1 Ra7 {-/+ 1.06})
11... Nc6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Ng5 Be3 16. Bxe3 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bg4 18.
Bd3 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Rae8 20. Bf2 =
In the following game BlackDragon accepted all 3 gambit pawns and played the 6Qe7+ move and got into
trouble because of an inaccuracy in the opening. The move 7Qe6 should have been played because after
8.0-0 Bc5+ 9.Kh1 0-0 Black can safely castle kingside and there is better coordination between the black
pieces. White was able to create an attack based on this error in the opening. The black queen became a
target for Whites pieces and Black could not castle his king to a safe position.
Nakamura (2007) BlackDragon (2558) Internet Chess Club 12/6/98 Game 15min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Bd3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Qe7+ 7. Be2
Nc6 8. O-O Qc5+ 9. Kh1 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 ?? {a transit from better to worse. Black should
quickly conclude development.} (Better is 11... Be7 =/+{had to be tried to avo}) 12. Nd5 +- Ne5 13. b4 Qc6
14. c5 ! {a fitting end to a beautiful game} a6 ? (14... Qxc5 15. bxc5) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bf3 (16. b5 {seems
even better} Qxc5 17. Rac1 Qxc1 18. Rxc1 Bd6 +-) 16... Bf5 (16... Be6 17. Nf6+ ! {Theme: Clearance for
f3-c6} gxf6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Qc2 +-) 17. Nb6 ! {Discovered attack} e4 (17... cxb6 18. Bxc6+) 18. Nxa8
exf3 19. Rxf3 Be6 20. Qf4 Kd8 21. Rc1 Qd7 ? (21... Kc8 22. a4 Kb8 +-) 22. Rff1 Qc8 (22... Qe7 {there is
nothing else anyway} 23. Rfd1+ Kc8 +-) 23. Rcd1+ Bd7 24. Qxf7 Be7 25. Rfe1 Bf6 (25... Re8
{desperation} 26. Re4 h6 +-) 26. Re3 h6 27. Red3 (27. Qe6 ! Bh4 28. Red3 Re8 29. Rxd7+ Qxd7 30.
Qxd7#) [Diagram]
27... Be7 +- 28. Rxd7+ (Better is 28. Qxg7 {makes sure

everything is clear} Rf8 29. Qe5 Rf7 30. Rxd7+ Qxd7 31.
Qxc7+ Ke8 32. Qxd7+ Kf8 33. Qxb7 Kg8 +-) 28... Qxd7 29.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Qd5+ Kc8 31. Qe6+ Kb8 32. Qxe7 Kxa8
33. h3 g6(33... Rc8 {the last chance for counterplay} 34.
Qxg7 h5 +-) 34. Qxc7 Rb8 35. a3 (35. b5 b6 36. cxb6 Rxb6
Position after 27.Red3 37. Qxb6 axb5 38. Qxb5 g5 39. a4 g4 40. hxg4 h5 41. a5
hxg4 42. a6 Ka7 43. Qb7#) 35... g5 36. c6 (36. b5 b6 37.
cxb6 Rxb6 38. Qxb6 axb5 39. g4 b4 40. axb4 h5 41. gxh5 g4
42. Qc6+ Ka7 43. hxg4 Kb8 44. g5 Ka7 45. h6 Kb8 46. h7
Ka7 47. g6 Kb8 48. h8=Q+ Ka7 49. Qha8#) 36... bxc6 37.
Qxc6+ Ka7 38. Qxh6 Rb5 39. h4 (39. h4 gxh4 40. Qxh4 +-)
(Better is 39. Qd6 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kb7 +-) 1-0
CometB50 played an interesting game. CometB50 placed his two bishops at c5 and at b7 and knights at e3
and f6. CometB50 also had his queen placed at a8. This is the Reti position of the queen at h8 & bishop at
b7 lined up on the diagonal. Black won the exchange but mostly all of his pieces were positioned on the
queenside. White had a good attack on Whites kingside and Black had to drop back to defend his kingside.
But Whites kingside attack was too strong.
Clyde Nakamura (2100) Comet B50 3/6/04 Game 15 min
1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Nc3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Na6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc5 10.
Bc2 b6 11. b4 Ne6 12. Nh4 (12. Be3) 12... a5 13. b5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. Nf5 Re8 (15... Ra7 16. Be3) 16.
Bc1 (16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5) 16... Ra7 (16... g6 17. Be4 Bd4 (17... Nxe4 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Rxf7+ Kh8 20.
Nxe4 ) (17... Bxe4 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Nxe4) (17... gxf5 18. Bxb7 Bd4 19. Qd3) 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Bxb7
Bxc3) 17. Bb2 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5) 17... Qa8 18. Qd2 (18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Qg4) 18...
Nd4 (18... Ng4) 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxg2+ 21. Kg1 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Re6 23. Nd5 Ne8 24. Bf5 c5 25.
Qg4 Qd8 (25... a4 26. Kh1 g6 27. Be4 (27. Bxe6 dxe6 28. Rxf7 exd5 (28... Kxf7 29. Qf3+ Kg8 30. Ne7+
Rxe7 31. Qxa8) (28... Rxf7 29. Qxe6 Qd8 30. Bc3))) 26. Bxe6 dxe6 27. Nf6+ Nxf6 28. Bxf6 Qf8 29. Rd1
Ra8 30. h4 (30. Rd7 Kh8 31. Be5 a4) 30... Re8 31. h5 a4 (31...Kh8 32. Be5 f6) 32. h6 g6 33. Qf4 (33. Qh4
e5 34. Bg7 Qxg7 35. hxg7 Kxg7) 33...e5 34. Bxe5 (34. Qh4 Re6 35. Rd8 Re8 36. Bxe5 f6 37. Rxe8 Qxe8
38. Qxf6 Qf8 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Qxh7+ Ke6 41. Qxg6+ Kxe5) 34... f5 (34... f6 35. Bxf6 Qf7) 35. Rd7 Re7
36. Bd6 Re1+ (36... Rxd7 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qxb6 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Qxc5 Kf6 42. Qd4+
Kg5) 37. Kf2 Qe8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Qf3 (39. Re7 Kg8 40. Kxe1 Qa8 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rxg6 Qh1+ 43.
Kf2 Qe1+ 44. Kxe1 hxg6 45. Qe5+ Kh7 46. Qg7#) 39... Re4 40. Rb7 (40. Re7 Qxe7 41. Bxe7 Kg8) 40...
Kg8 41. Rb8 Qxb8 42. Bxb8 Kf7 43. Qg3 (43. Qg3 Kf6 44. Bc7) 1-0
CometB50 played the 7Qe7+ and proceeded to win the exchange on the f2 square but Blacks queen got
into trouble because all of Whites pieces were activated and the black queen became a target for Whites
attack. White prevented Black from castling and created mating threats. Black could not defend with only
his queen and lost his queen in the ensuing attack.
Clyde Nakamura 2100 Comet B50 3/6/04 Game 15 min
1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Nc3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Na6 7. Bd3 Qe7+ 8. Be2 Ne4 9. O-O
Qc5+ (9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qd6) 10. Kh1 Nf2+ (10... Nxd2 11. Nxd2 d6) 11. Rxf2 Qxf2 12. Nd5 Qc5 13. b4
Qd6 14. Bf4 Qg6 15. Bd3 Qg4 (15... f5 16. Qe1+ Qe6 17. Bxf5 Bxb4 18. Nxb4 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1+ Kf8 20.
Nxa6 bxa6 21. Bxc7 d5 22. Bd6+ Kf7) 16. Qe2+ (16. h3 Qe6 17. Ng5) 16... Kd8 (16... Qe6 17. Re1 c6) 17.
Re1
17...Qe6 18. Qd2 (18. Ng5 Bxb4 19. Nxe6+

dxe6 20. Nxb4 Nxb4) 18... Bxb4 ( 18... c6 19.
Rxe6 dxe6) 19. Nxb4 Qb6 (19... Nxb4 20. Rxe6
dxe6 21. Be4+ Ke8 22. Bxc7 Nd5 23. cxd5 f6
24. dxe6 Bxe6) 20. Ng5 Qf6 21. Nd5 (21.
Nxf7+ Qxf7 22. Nc6+ bxc6 23. Bg5+ Qf6 24.
Bxf6+ gxf6 25. Qh6 d6 26. Qxf6+ Kd7 27.
Bf5#) 21...d6 22. Nxf6 Be6 23. Qe3 Nc5 24.
Nxf7+ Bxf7 25. Qe7+ Kc8 26. Bf5+ Be6 27.
Bxe6+ Nd7 (27... Kb8 28. Bxd6 Nxe6 29. Rxe6
cxd6 30. Qxd6+ Kc8 31. Nd5 Re8 32.
Rxe8#) 28. Bxd7+ Kb8 29. Qe8+ Rxe8 30.
Rxe8# 1-0
Position after 17.Re1

Rieck the rieck played an early Qe7 move on move 4, took all 3 pawns and proceeded to fianchetto
queenside and castle his king to the kingside. Rieck had his queen at the d6 square in the opening but got
into trouble because it became a target for Whites pieces. White played an exchange sac at f6 and Blacks
king position was compromised. Black could not stop whites kingside attack.
Evilone (1904) Rieck the rieck (1879) Playchess.com 5/29/04 Game 5 min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Qe7 (4...fxe3 5. dxe3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 -/
+) 5. Bd3 fxe3 6. O-O exd2 7. Bxd2 Qd6 (7... Qc5+ 8. Kh1 =/+) 8. Qc2 (8. Re1+ Be7 9. Be3 Ng4 +/=) 8...
b6 {Secures a5} (Better is 8... Na6 !? =/+ {should be investigated more closely}) 9. Nc3 = a6 {Controls
b5} 10. Kh1 (10. Rae1+ Be7 11. Bg5 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 Bb7 +/-) 10... Be7 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Bg5 O-O ? {Black
should quickly conclude development.} (Better is 12... Bxf3 !? {is an interesting alternative} 13. Rxf3 Nc6
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 = (14... gxf6 ?? 15. Bf5 +-)) 13. Be4 (Better is 13. Ne4 !? Qe6 14. Rfe1 +/-) 13... Bxe4 +/= 14
Nxe4 Qe6 ? (Better is 14... Qc6 15. Rde1 b5 +/-) 15. Rde1 ?? {letting the wind out of his own sails} (Better
is 15. Rfe1 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Neg5 Nf2+ 18. Qxf2 +-) 15... Qc6 ?? (Better is 15... Nxe4 {had to be
tried to avoid defeat} 16. Rxe4 Bxg5 17. Rxe6 fxe6 =) 16. Nd4 +- Qb7 (16... Nxe4 {doesn't improve
anything} 17. Nxc6 Bxg5 18. Nxb8 Ng3+ 19. hxg3 Rfxb8 +-) 17. Rxf6 (17. Bxf6 Nc6 18. Nf5 +-)
17... Bxf6 ?? {Black crumbles in face of a dire

situation} (17... Bb4 18. Ref1 d5 19. cxd5 Qxd5
+-) 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxf6 h6 (19... Qe4 {is
not much help} 20. Qxe4 h5 21. Re3 Re8 22.
Qxe8+ Kh7 23. Qxf7+ Kh6 24. Nf5#) 20.
Qf5 (20. Qf5 Qe4 21. Rxe4 Rc8 22. Qg4+ Kh7
23. Qg7#) (20. Nf5 Rc8 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Qh7
Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nc6 24. Qh8#) 1-0
Diagram after 17.Rxf6
Colossus played the opening very well and had coordinated pieces. White pushed his pawns down the
queenside to gain space before attacking Blacks kingside. Later in the game White did an exchange
sacrifice on the knight at f6 with his rook and blew open Blacks kingside. Complications ensued and White
was a knight up in the game but later made an error which gave back the piece. White was up a pawn which
was a doubled pawn but had to settle for the draw because of time.
Clyde Nakamura(2100)-Colossus(2603) ICC 11/24/04 Game 15 min
1. c4 Nf6 2. e3 e5 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 {The Kahiko-Hula Gambit. White intends to sac the e3 & d2 pawns for
quick development & open lines.} fxe3 5. Bd3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Na6 7. O-O Bc5+ 8. Kh1 O-O 9. a3 {The
plan now was to gain space on the Queenside by pushing my b pawn to b4.} d5 10. b4 Be7 11. c5 Ne4 12.
Nc3 Bf6 { Black has a pin on my N at c3 and intends to pick off my N.} 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Qc2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 c6 16. Ne2 {This N is headed for the d4 square.} b6 17. Ned4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qc7 19. Ng5 h6 20.
Rxf6 {Strong move an exchange sac.+/= 0.53 Fritz8}
20...gxf6 21. Nh7 Kg7 22. Nxf6 {Another piece

sac.} Re5 (22... Kxf6 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Re1+ Be6 25. Nxe6
Kd7 26. Nf8+ Kd8 27. Qf6+ Qe7 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qd6+ Ke8
30. Qxc6+ Kxf8 31. Qh6+ Ke8 32. Bb5+ Rd7 33. Qxa6 {+-
10.53 Fritz8}) 23. Qf2 Nb8 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. h4 {The threat is
Qg3+ playing for checkmate.} h5 {forced} 26. Qg3+ Bg4 27.
Nxh5+ Rxh5 28. Qxg4+ Qg5 29. Qxg5+ Rxg5 30. hxg5 Nd7
31. Rc1 Ne5 32. Ba6 Rb8 33. Re1 Nd7 34. Nxc6 Rh8+ 35.
Kg1 Nxc5 36. Bb5 Ne6 37. Nxa7 Ra8 38. Nc6 Rxa3 39. Rd1
Rc3 40. Rxd5 ? (40. Ne7 d4 41. Bd3 Rc5 42. Nf5+ Kg6 43.
Nd6+ Kg7 44. Kf2 Rxg5 45. Bf5 Kf6 46. g4 Rg8 47. Bxe6
fxe6 48. Rxd4 Ke7 49. Ke3 e5 50. Nf5+ Kf6 51. Rd6+ Kg5 52.
Ke4 Ra8 53. Ne3 Re8 54. Rd5 Kf6 55. Nc4 Ra8 56. Rxe5 Ra4
57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Kd5 {+- 4.72 Fritz8})
40... Nc7 41. Rf5 Nxb5 42. Rxb5 Rxc6 43. Kf2 { Here I offered Colossus the draw (I was close to losing on
time), which he took right away. Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2
Senc-p played an interesting line in this gambit by not taking the third pawn but playing Bc5 on move 5. I
then played 6.d4 to chase away the black bishop on c5 but Black still had a pawn on my e3 square. Black
later defended that pawn with Ng4 and Re8 and later played his knight to f2. I sacrificed the exchange with
my rook on f2 and moved my queen to h4 to attack Blacks kingside. That knight that got exchanged on the
f2 square created a definite weakness on the Black kingside because it was needed for defense. White could
now aim all his forces on the kingside. I had sacrificed my bishop on the pawn at h6 and opened up the
Black kingside. Blacks queen was activated to defend the queenside but my knight move to d5 was
decisive. Black was down too much material from Whites attack and had to resign.
Evilone(1972)-Senc-p(1835) Playchess.com 12/11/04 Game 5 min
1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d4 {A very different line of the Kahiko-Hula Gambit.
Black took only 2 pawns.}Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Ng4 9. Qe1 Nf2 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Rxf2 {An exchange
sac. White still has a very dangerous kingside attack.} exf2+ 12. Qxf2 d6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Qh4 h6 (14... fxg5
15. Bxh7+ Kf8 16. Nxg5 Re7 17. Rf1+ Ke8 18. Qh5+ Kd7 19. Bf5+ Kc6 20. Qf3+ Kb6 21. Nd5+ Ka5 22.
Nxb4 Kxb4 (22...Bxf5 23. Nd5 Bd3 24. Qxd3 b5 25. Qa3#) 23. Qb3+ Ka5 24. Qb5#) 15. Bxh6 gxh6 (15...
g5 16. Bxg5 (16. Nxg5 fxg5 17. Bxg5 Qd7 18. Bf6 Qg4 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Bg7+ Qxg7 21. Rf1+ Ke7 22.
Qxg7+ Kd8 23. Qg5+ Re7 24. Rf8+ Kd7 25. Bf5+ Kc6 26. Qxe7 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 {Black is down by too many
pieces and White still has a good attack on Black's K.}) 16... fxg5) 16. Qxh6 Qe7 17. Nd5 Qg7 18. Nxf6+
Kf8 19. Nh7+ Kg8 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Qxg7+ {After 21....Kxg7 White has 22.Nxe5+ Kxg7 23.Nxf7 and
another R drops.} 1-0
Capricor-n played the 6 Bc5 move which prevented white from castling kingside, so White played 7.b4 to
chase this bishop away from this key square. Black played his bishop at c5 to e7 and later played d6 which
blocked this bishop in and created a passive position for Black. White later moved his queen from d1 to e1
and to h4 for the kingside attack which Black could not stop.
Evilone(1877)-Capricor-n(1993) Playchess.com 12/11/04 Game 5 min
1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Bd3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bc5 7. b4 Be7 { Better was 7...Qe7+ 8.Be2
Bxb4 winning a pawn.} 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 d6 {This is a really passive move because it locks in the B at B7.
This B is a bad B. Better was d5 to get a little move space.} 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Qe1 Bh5 12. Ng5 Bg6
13. Bxg6 hxg6 (13... fxg6 14. Ne6 {White wins the exchange of N for R.}) 14. Qh4 { Black's kingside has
really been compromised. White has a mate threat with Rxf6 and Qh7 checkmate.} Nbd7 15. Rf3 Nh5 16.
g4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Rh3 Nxc4 20. gxh5 Ne5 (20... Nxd2 21. hxg6 Re8 22. Qh8#) 21.
hxg6 Nxg6 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Rg3 Ne5 24. Rxg7+ Ke6 25. Qh3+ f5 26. Ne2 d5 27. Bg5 Rh8 28. Nd4+
Kd6 29. Qxf5 Qxg5+ (29... Qe8 30. Qf6+ Qe6 31. Qxe6#) 30. Rxg5 Raf8 31. Qe6# 1-0
Emaurer played 6Bc5 which prevented White from castling kingside but played the premature move 7
Qe7+ and also managed to play Bf2+ which forced White to move his K to f1 but not only did Black lose a
piece in the opening, Emaurers queen faced the wrath of my active pieces.
Evilone (1874) Emaurer (1978) Playchess.com 5/22/05 Game 5 min
1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 {The Kahiko-Hula Gambit. White intends to sac the other pawns at e3
and d2. White will be 2 pawns down in the opening but will be better developed than Black.} fxe3 5. Nc3
exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bc5 { preventing White from castling kingside.} 7. a3 {Fritz8 suggested to play 7. Qe2+ and
exchange Q's. But if I do this my kingside attack will not be as strong and Black can trade down pieces and
head for the endgame 2 pawns up.} Qe7+ 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Nd5 Bf2+ 10. Kf1 Nxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qc5 12. b4
Be3 13. Nxe3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Qe3+ Kf8 16. Bd3 c6 17. Nf4 {Fritz8 recommended 17.Nc3 and gave
17.Nf4 as the second option.} Qf6 18. Re1 g6 19. h4 d6 20. h5 g5 21. Qe8+ Kg7 22. h6+ Qxh6 23. Rxh6
Rxe8 24. Rxh7+ Kf8 25. Rh8+ {If 25...Kg7 26.Rexe8 gxf4 27.Rxc8 and White will pick up another
piece.} 1-0
Jaromil played the more active move 6Bc5 in the opening and won a bishop in the opening because I had
not calculated the key opening move accurately. I had set up a mating attack on the Black kingside and later
played an rook exchange sac on the f6 square which ended the game.
Evilone(1884) Jaromil(1848) Playchess.com 5/31/05 Game 5 min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 {last book move} 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 (4. exf4 d5 -/+) 4...
fxe3 5. Bd3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bc5 7. b4 Qe7+ 8. Be2 ? (Better is 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 -/+) 8... Bxb4 -+ 9.
Nc3 O-O 10. O-O (10. a3 Ba5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 -+) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe3+ 12. Kh1 Qxc3 13. Rc1
Qa5 14. Nd4 d6 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Qe1 Nc6 (16... Qxe1 {might be the shorter path} 17. Rfxe1 Nbd7 18. Bb1
-+) 17. Qf2 (17. Nxc6 {is no salvation} Qxe1 18. Rcxe1 bxc6 -+) 17... Qc5 (17... Nxd4 !? {keeps an even
firmer grip} 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. h3 -+) 18. Nxc6 Qxc6(Better is 18... bxc6 !? {seems even
better} 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. h3 -+) 19. Qh4 d5 (Better is 19... h5 {and Black has prevailed} 20. h3 Bd7 21.
Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qxh5 Rfe8 -+) 20. Rxf6 ! +- {A double attack} (20. Rxf6 h5 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. h3 dxc4 23.
Bxc4 +- (23. hxg4 ?! {is the less attractive alternative} cxd3 24. gxh5 Rfd8 +-)) 1-0
Duc111 played the move d5 on move 4 but took all 3 gambit pawns. Duc111 later played Bc5 to prevent
White from castling kingside but White castled queenside instead. Black created a weakness on the kingside
by playing h6 and White later sacrificed his bishop on h6 to create a kingside attack.
Evilone(1865) Duc111 (1936) Playchess.com 6/13/05 Game 5 min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nc3 fxe3 6. Bd3 exd2+ 7. Bxd2
Bc5 (7... Qe7+ 8. Kf1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be6 -/+) 8. a3 ? {Prevents intrusion on b4} (8. Qe2+ Kf8 =/+) 8...
a5 (8... O-O 9. cxd5 Re8+ 10. Kf1 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bb4 -+) 9. Na4 (9. Qe2+ Be6 10. Ng5 Qe7 =/+)
9...Ba7 (9... Qe7+ 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 -+) 10. c5 (Better is 10. Qe2+ !? Be6 11. Ng5 -/
+) 10... Qe7+ -+ 11. Be2 Bxc5 12. Qc2 (12. Nxc5 Qxc5 13. Bc3 -+) 12... Ba7 13. O-O-O Nc6 (13... Qxe2 ?!
14. Rhe1 Qxe1 15. Rxe1+ Be6 16. Bc3 -/+) 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Bg5 h6 17. h4 (17. Bh4 g5 18.
Bf2 Bxf2 19. Qxf2 Ne4 -+) 17... Bg4 (17... hxg5 !? {keeps an even firmer grip} 18. hxg5 Ne4 19. g4 -+) 18.
Rde1 (18. Rhe1 Qd6 (18... hxg5 ?! {is clearly worse} 19. Rxe7 Nxe7 20. Qxc7 +/=) 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 -+ (19...
gxf6 ?! 20. Nc3 -/+)) 18... Qd6 ( 18... hxg5 19. Rxe7 Nxe7 20. hxg5 +/-) 19. Nc3 (19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rhf1 -
+) 19... Nd4 (Better is 19... hxg5 {and Black has prevailed} 20. hxg5 Nh5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 -+) 20. Nxd4 =
Bxd4 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 ({Instead of} 22... hxg5 23. hxg5 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ (</- 24. gxf6 Rxe1+
(</- 24... Qxd4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bh7+ Kf8 27. Bf5 +/-) 25. Rxe1 Qxd4 =/+) 24... Nxe8 25. Qf2 +/=) 23.
Qd2 ?? ( Better is 23. Be3 {would be a reprieve} Qe5 24. Bc5 =/+) 23... c5 24. Be3 Qa4 (24...Ne4 !? 25.
Qc2 Qe5 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qxc5 -+) 25. Bxh6 { Clearance to allow e1-e7} Qb3 ?? {letting the wind out of
his own sails} (25...gxh6 26. Qxh6) 26. Bc2 (26. Bc2 Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2 gxh6 28. Qxh6 Bf5+ 29. Kc1 +-) 1-0
Kkarppov played the move d6 on move 6 and played his bishop to e7. This bishop is definitely a bad
bishop. This bishop should have been played to c5 which gives the bishop a more active and better
placement of the bishop on the board. White proceeded to swing his queen from d1 to e1 and to h4 to attack
Blacks kingside and Black got into trouble and could not defend his kingside and sacrificed his queen to
stop Whites attack.
Evilone(1874)-Kkarppov(1856) Playchess.com 7/18/05 Game 5 min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Bd3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 d6 (6...
Qe7+ 7. Qe2 -/+) 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qe1 (9. Nd5 Be6 -/+) 9... Nc6 (9... Nbd7 10. Qg3 -/+7) 10.
Qh4 Ne5 11. Bc2 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 e4 13. Bxe4 Bc5+ 14. Be3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 =/+) 11... Ng6 12.
Bxg6 hxg6 (Better is 12... fxg6 !? 13. Rae1 Bf5 -/+) 13. Ng5 Nh5 14. g4 (14. Nd5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 =/
+) 14... Bxg5 (Better is 14... f6 !? {is an interesting idea} 15. gxh5 fxg5 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18.
Qxg5 Qf5 19. Qxg6 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Bf5 =/+) 15. Bxg5 +/= Nf6 ??(Better is 15... f6 {is the best chance} 16.
Be3 Nf4 17. Bxf4 g5 18. Bxg5 fxg5 =) 16. Rxf6 ! +- {Demolishes the pawn shield} (16. Bxf6 ?! gxf6 17.
Qh6 Re8 +/-) 16... Qxf6 (16... gxf6 17. Bxf6 {Theme: Double Attack}) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxf6 (18. Rf1 Re8
19. Nd5 Be6 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Nd5 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Qxg6 Re5 25. Rxf5+ Rxf5 26.
Qxf5+ Kg7 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Ng6#) 18... Bxg4 19. Nd5
Rfe8 (19... Rae8 { cannot change destiny} 20. Qd4 f5 21. Nxc7 +-) 20. Ne7+ (Better is 20. Rf1 !? { seems
even better} Rf8 21. Qg5 Kg7 22. Qxg4 Rae8 23. Qd4+ Re5 24. Nxc7 Kg8 +-) 20... Kh7 (20... Rxe7 {what
else?} 21. Qxe7 Rc8 +-) 21. Qxf7+ (21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Nxg6#) 1-0
This game is the same line that was played against me by Jaromil. In that game Jaromil did not take the third
gambit pawn but instead played the move 5Bc5 to prevent White from castling kingside. In this game I
made an improvement to this line by taking the pawn at e3 with my bishop and castling queenside. Black
stacked rooks on the e-file and swung his queen to a5. I later made an exchange sac and later on won a pawn
at d5 and created a passed d-pawn which I pushed down the d-file and combined that with threats to Blacks
king. Black made a horrendous error towards the end and had to resign.
Evilone(1912)Eurostar(2285) Playchess.com 7/31/05 Game 2min + 2 sec
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bxe3 O-O
8. Qd3 Re8 9. O-O-O d6 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. Rhf1 (14. Rhe1
Rxe1 15. Rxe1 h6 =/+) 14... c6 -/+ 15. Nh4 Qa5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 (16... gxf6 ? 17. Nf5 Kh8 18. Nxd6 Qxa2 19.
Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Kc2 +-) 17. Kb1 Ne4 18. Nf5 Re6 (18... d5 19. Ka1 -/+) 19. Rf4 (19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Re5
-/+) 19... Rae8 (Better is 19... d5 -+) 20. d5 =/+ cxd5 21. cxd5 Re5 (Better is 21... Nc5 !? {is noteworthy}
22. Qf3 Rg6 =/+) 22. Rxe4 +/= { Annihilates a defender: e4} Rxe4 {Decoy to e4} 23. Nxd6 {A double
attack} Re3 24. Qf1 (24. Qd4 Re2 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 =) 24... R8e7 (Better is 24... Re1 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nxe8 Qb4 -+) 25. Nf5 R7e5 26. Nxe3 Rxe3 27. d6 { White advances the passed pawn} Re8
28. d7 Rd8 29. Qe2 (29. Qf4 h6 +/-) 29...g6 (Better is 29... Qf5+ !? {looks like a viable alternative} 30. Ka1
Qe6 +/=) 30. Qe7 +/- Kg7 (30... Qc7 +/-) 31. Rf1 (better is 31. g4 h5 32. b4 +-) 31... Rf8 ?? ( 31... Qd5 32.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxd8 Qf1+ 34. Kc2 Qc4+ 35. Kd2 Qd4+ 36. Ke2 Qe4+ 37. Kf2 Qf4+ 38. Ke1 Qe4+ 39.
Kf1 Qf5+ 40. Kg1 Qc5+ 41. Kf1 Qc4+ 42. Ke1 Qe4+ 43. Kd1 Qd4+ 44. Kc1 Qf4+ 45. Kb1 Qf1+ 46. Kc2
Qc4+ 47. Kd2 Qd4+ 48. Kc2 Qc4+ =) 32. a3 (Better is 32. d8=Q {secures the win} Qxd8 33. Rxf7+ Rxf7
34. Qxd8 +-) 32... Qd8 ?? {leading to a quick end}(32... Qd5 33. Re1 Rb8 +-)
33. Rxf7+ !! 1-0
If 33...Rxf7 34.Qxd8 and I win the Q.

If 33...Kh6 34.Rh7 checkmate.
Demolishes the pawn shield.
Diagram 32Qd8
Accepted Line 2: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nc3 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
KillerGrob played the 2Nc6 line of the Kahiko-Hula Gambit. White missed his one winning chance and
went down to some very good tactics by KillerGrob.
Evilone(2047)-KillerGrob(2550) ICC 12/13/98 Game 15 min
1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Nc3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng5 Ne5 10.
Bc2 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 d6 12. Rxf6 Qxf6 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Nce4 (14. Qh5 Bg4 15. Qh4 Bf2 16. g3 Bf3+ 17.
Nxf3 Qxf3#) 14... Ng4 15. h3 Qxb2 16. Rb1 (16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Qxa1+ 18. Kh2 Qg1+ 19. Kg3 Bd4
20. Nf3 (20. Qh5 Be5+ 21. Kf3 Qd1+ 22. Ke3 Qxh5 {-+ 14.78}) 20... Qh1 21. Bf5 g6 22. Nxd4 Rfe8 23.
Bg5 Kg7 24. Bf6+ Kf8 25. Bd7 Re5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nf3 Rd8 28. Ba4 f5 ( 28... Qh6 29. Nxe5 f5 30. Qg5
Qxg5+ 31. Nxg5 {+-3.25}) 29. Qxg6 fxe4 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qxd8+ {White will checkmate Black in 11
moves.}) 16... Qxa2 17. Rb3 Nh6 18. Rf3 Qxc4 19. Bc3 f6 20. Bg6 Bf5 21. Rxf5 fxg5 22. Qh5 Bd4 23.
Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Nxg5 Rxf5 25. Bxf5 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Qe5+ {-+ 8.84} 0-1
Accepted Line 3: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 f5 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
Emaurer played the 2f5 line which is an unusual line of the Kahiko-Hula Gambit. And Black takes all 3
gambit pawns. Later in the game White wins back 2 pawns and the queens are exchanged off and it appears
to be an even game with both sides having 1 rook and 2 knights each. But at the end Black is mated by a
good combination by White.
Evilone(1939)-Emaurer(2039) Playchess.com 8/19/05 Game 5 min
1. c4 e5 2. e3 f5 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 {We have another version of the Kahiko-Hula Gambit.} fxe3 5. Bd3 d6 6.
O-O exd2 7. Bxd2 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 {This B is not exactly well placed. Black should have played g6 and
fianchettoed this B.}
9. Qc2 {White has achieved full development.

The 4 minor pieces are developed, the Q is moved Position after 35Kg8
off the back rank, the 2 R's are connected and the
King is castled to the kingside.} 9...O-O 10. Bxf5 36. Nxh6# 1-0
Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Nc6 12. Qe6+ Kh8 13. Ng5 Qe8
14. Qh3 Qg6 15. Ne6 Rfc8 16. Rf3 Ne5 17. Rg3
Qh5 18. Nxg7 Qxh3 19. gxh3 Rg8 20. Nf5 Rae8
21. Rf1 Nh5 22. Rxg8+ Rxg8+ 23. Kh1 Bg5 24.
Bxg5 Rxg5 25. Nd5 c6 26. Nde7 Ng7 27. Nxd6
Ne6 28. h4 Rg4 29. Rf6 Nc5 30. Ne8 Ned7 31.
Rf7 Re4 32. Nd6 Re2 33. h5 h6 34. Ndf5
Ne5 ? {This is the fatal error. Now it is mate in
2.} 35. Ng6+ Kg8
Accepted Line 4: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 g6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
Dr Claw plays the 2..g6 line of the Kahiko-Hula Gambit and takes all 3 gambitted pawns. The move 6
Qe7+ was played and black had difficulty in developing his pieces. Dr. Claw decided to leave his king in the
middle of the board and got into trouble from whites attack. Black should have castled kingside.
Evilone(1934)-Dr Claw(1939) Playchess.com 5/23/04 Game 5 min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 g6 3. f4 {Nakamura: A variation of the Kahiko-Hula

Gambit} exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Nc3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Qe7+ {Nakamura: I do not believe that the black Q belongs
on e7} 7. Be2 c6 {Prevents intrusion on b5+d5} 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bd3 Qc5+ (9... d6 !? =)10.Kh1 +/= Be7 11.
b4 Qh5 {11...Qxb4 cannot be played because of 12.Nd5} (11...Qb6 12. Qe2 d6 13. Rae1 +/-) 12.
Qe2 {Nakamura: White has achieved full development & Black is still several moves from full
development.} (12. Qe1 !? {might be a viable alternative} d6 13. Bf4 +/-) 12... d6 = {Covers e5} 13. Ne4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 ({Not} 14. Bxe4 Be6 =/+) 14... Bf5 {Black is behind in development.} 15. Qd4 Kd7 ??
(Better is 15... O-O {is the best chance} 16. Bc3 f6 +/=) 16. Rae1 (16. Be2 !? {makes it even easier for
White} Re8 17. Ne5+ Kc7 18. Bxh5 Bf6 +-) 16... Bxd3 (16... Re8 17. Ne5+ Kc7 18. Nxf7 +-) 17. Qxd3 (17.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 18. Re1+ Kd7 19. Bf4 +- (19. Qxd3 {is a weaker possibility} Qf5 20. Qd4 Na6 =/+)) 17...
Na6 (17... f6 18. Rxe7+ ! {Eliminates the defender e7} Kxe7 19. Re1+ Qe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 +-) 18. Ne5+
Kc7 (18... Qxe5 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 19. Rxe5 f5 20. Ree1 +-) 19. Nxf7 Bf8 (19... Rac8 {is
no salvation} 20. Rxe7+ Kb8 21. Qxd6+ Ka8 22. Nxh8 +-) 20. Nxh8 Rd8 21. Rf7+ Kb8 22. Bf4 (22. Rxf8
Kc7 23. Rxd8 Kb6 24. Be3+ Nc5 25. Qa3 Kc7 26. Qa5+ b6 27. Qxa7+ Kxd8 28. Nf7+ Ke8 29. Nxd6+ Kd8
30. Bg5+ Qxg5 31. Re8#) 22... Qh4 (22... Ka8 +- {is still a small chance}) 23. Bg3 Nxb4 24. Qd2 Qxc4
25. Rxf8 ! {Clearance to allow h8-f7} Rxf8 {A

deflection} 26. Qxd6+ {A double attack} 1-0
Position after 24Qxc4
Bananaranger played the same 2g6 line of the Kahiko-Hula Gambit as in the Dr Claw game, but should
have castled kingside. Black decides to push his f- and e-pawns forward to fork my bishop at d3 and my
queen at f3 and ran into a whirlwind combination in the middle of the board.
Evilone(1925)-Bananaranger(1917) Playchess.com 5/29/05 Game 5 min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 g6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Nc3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bg7 7. Bd3
Nc6 8. O-O d6 {Covers e5} 9. Nd5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qf3 f5 12. Bc3 (Better is 12. Ba5 !? {is
noteworthy} b6 13. Bc3 =) 12... c6 -+ 13. Nb4 Qe7 (Better is 13... Nf6 !? 14. Rae1 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nd7 -/
+) 14. Rae1 -/+ e4 ?? {allows the opponent back into the game} (Better is 14... Nh6 15. Nxc6 Qc5+ 16. Nd4
e4 -/+) 15. Bxe4 Bxc3 ?? (15... fxe4 16. Rxe4 {A pinning theme}) 16. Bxc6+ ! +- {Demolishes the pawn
shield} (16. Qxc3 ?! {is much worse} fxe4 17. Qxh8 Be6 18. Rxe4 Qc5+ 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Ke7
+-) 16... bxc6 (16... Kf8 { cannot change what is in store for ?} 17. Rxe7 (17. Qxc3 ?! {is much weaker} Qf6
18. Qa3 Qd6 19. Re8+ Kg7 +-) 17... Bd4+ 18. Re3 bxc6 19. Rd1 +-) 17. Rxe7+ Nxe7 (17... Kxe7 {cannot
undo what has already been done} 18. bxc3 Nf6 19. Nxc6+ Kf8 20. Qe2 +-) 18. Qxc3 O-O 19. Re1
Kf7 (19... Rf7 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 20. Nxc6 !! {a decisive sacrifice} Be6 21.
Rxe6 Nxc6 22. Rxc6 +-) 20. c5 (Better is 20. Rxe7+ {and White wins} Kxe7 21. Qg7+ Rf7 22. Nxc6+ Kd6
23. Qxf7 Kxc6 24. Qd5+ Kc7 25. Qxa8 a6 26. Qa7+ Kc6 +-) 20... Re8 (20... Bd7 {does not save the day} 21.
Qb3+ Ke8 22. Qe3 +-) 21. Qc4+ Kf8 22. Qd4 Kf7 23. Qd6 a5 (23... Bb7 {cannot change destiny} 24. Nd3
Rad8 25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Ne5 +-) 24. Nd3 (Better is 24. Nxc6 !? {keeps an even firmer grip} Ng8 25. Nd8+
Rxd8 26. Qxd8 Ra7 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qxc8 Re7 29. Rxe7+ Nxe7 +-) 24... Ra7 (24... Ba6 {hoping against
hope} 25. Ne5+ Kg7 +-) 25. Ne5+ Kg7 26. Nxc6 (26. Nxc6 Rd7 27. Qe5+ (27. Nxe7 ?! { is a useless try}
Rxd6 28. cxd6 Kf7 +/-) (27. Rxe7+ ?! {succumbs to} Rexe7 28. Qxe7+ Rxe7 29. Nxe7 Be6 +-) 27... Kf7 28.
Qe6+ Kg7 29. Ne5 +-) 1-0
Accepted Line 5: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 b6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
Bakelite played the 2b6 line of the Kahiko-Hula Gambit and placed his bishops on b7 and c5 and his
knight on e2 and proceeded to castle kingside. White played the classic bishop sac on the h7 square followed
by Ng5+. White chases black king to the center of the board and checkmates Blacks king.
Evilone(1959)-Bakelite(1888) Playchess.com 8/19/04 Game 5 min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 b6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 {An unusual variation of the Kahiko-Hula
Gambit. This is probably the first time I have seen the move b6 as a reply to the Kahiko-Hula Gambit.} fxe3
5. Bd3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. O-O Bc5+ 8. Kh1 Ne7 (8... Nf6 9. Bc3 =/+) 9. Nc3 (Better is 9. Ng5 f5 10.
Bxf5 Nxf5 11. Rxf5 +/-) 9... O-O ?? {throwing away the advantage} (Better is 9...Nbc6 =/+ {this is the best
way to fight back}) 10. Bxh7+ +- {The standard Bxh7+ sacrifice. White has to make sure that the.
Demolition of pawn structure} Kxh7 {Decoy to h7} 11. Ng5+ Kg6 12. Qg4 (12. Nxf7 !? Nf5 13. Rxf5 Qh4
+-) 12... f5 13. Qg3 Bd6 14. Bf4 ?? {weakening the position} (Better is 14. Rf4 Nbc6 15. Ne6+ Kf7 16.
Nxd8+ Raxd8 17. Nb5 Bxf4 18. Bxf4 +-) 14... Nbc6 ?? {throws away the game} (14... Bxf4 15. Rxf4 Kf6
=) 15. Ne6+ Kf7
16. Qxg7+ (Better is 16 Nxd8+ {secures victory}

Raxd8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 +-) 16... Kxe6 +/=
17. Rae1+ Ne5 ?? {strolling merrily down the
path to disaster} (17... Be5 18. Bxe5 d6 19.
Bxd6+ Kxd6 20. Rd1+ Kc5 +-) 18. Bxe5 +- Bxe5
19. Rxe5+ Kd6 20. Rd1+ (Better is 20. Rxe7
{and White takes home the point} Qxe7 21. Nb5+
Ke6 22 Nxc7+ Kd6 23. Rd1+ Kxc7 24. Qxe7
+-) 20... Kc6 +/- 21. Qg3 (Better is 21. Ne2 Bc8
22. Nd4+ (22. Qxe7 </- d6 +/-) 22... Kb7 23.
Rxe7 +- (23. Qxe7 </- d6 24. Qxd8 Rxd8
+/-)) 21... f4 ?? {another bit of territory lost}
(Better is 21... d6 22. Qf3+ Kd7 23. Qxb7 Rb8
+/-)
Diagram after 15Kf7
22. Qf3+ d5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 (23... Kd6 {is not the saving move} 24. Qe4 c5 25. Rxe7 Qd7 26. Nf6+ Kc7 27.
Rexd7+ Kb8 28.Qxb7#) 24. cxd5+ (24. Rexd5 Qd6 25. Rxd6+ Kc5 26. R6d5+ Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Kb4 28.
Qb5#) 24... Kd7 (24... Kd6 25. Re6+ Kd7 +-) 25. Qg4+ Kd6 (25... Rf5 {does not help much} 26. Qxf5+
Kd6 27. Qe6+ Kc5 28. d6+ Bd5 29. Qxd5+ Kb4 30. Qb3#) 26. Qe6+ Kc5 27. d6+ Kc6 (27... Bd5 {doesn't
change the outcome of the game} 28. Qxd5+ Kb4 29. Qb3#) 28. d7# (28. Rc1#) 1-0
Accepted Line 6: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 d6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3
Voldermort played the 2d6 line of the Kahiko-Hula Gambit and castled queenside. White did not play the
middlegame correctly and came very close to losing this game. This should have been an easy win for
White. And later in the game the queenss were exchanged and White had to win the game in the endgame.
Clyde Nakamura(2100)-Voldermort(1915) Playchess.com 8/29/04 Game 5 min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 d6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 fxe3 5. Bd3 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Qe7+ 7.
Be2 {Trading Q's with 7.Qe2 is not good because Black can swap down all the pieces and head for the
endgame.} Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Bg5 O-O-O (Better is 10... h6 !? 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 -/+ (11... gxf6
</- 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Qb3 =)) 11. Nd5 = Bxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Qa4 (13. Nd4 Ned7 14. Qc2 Qe5 +/=) 13...
Kb8 14. Nd4 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bb5 (16. Rac1 Rg8 +/=) 16...Bg7 (16... f5 17. Qb4 Ka8 18. Rac1 =) 17.
Rfe1 (Better is 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Rac1 +/- ) 17... Rhg8 ?? (Better is 17... f5 18. Nc6+ Nxc6 (18... bxc6 19.
Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Qb5+ Ka8 21. Qxc6+ Kb8 22. Rxe7 Bd4+ 23. Kf1 +-) 19. Rxe7 Nxe7 =) 18. Rxe5 (18. Nc6+
Nxc6 19. Bxc6 (19. Rxe7 ?! {is a weaker possibility} Nxe7 20. Qe4 Bf8 +/=) (19. dxc6 ?! Qf8 20. Bc4 f5
+/=) 19... Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 +-) 18... dxe5 -+ ( 18... fxe5 ?? 19. Nc6+ {Demolishes the pawn shield} bxc6 20.
Bxc6 Rde8 21. Qa6 Qh4 22. Qb7#) 19. Nc6+ bxc6 20. Bxc6 (20. Rc1 {does not win a prize} Bf8
(20...cxb5 ?! {is no comparison} 21. Qxb5+ Ka8 22. Qc6+ Kb8 23. Qb5+ Kc8 24. Qa6+ Kd7 25. Qc6+ Kc8
26. Qa6+ Kb8 27. Qb5+ =) (20... cxd5 {fails to the following pretty mating combination} 21. Bc6 Qc5+ 22.
Rxc5 Rd6 23. Qa6 Rxc6 24. Qxc6 Rf8 25. Qxc7+ Ka8 26. Qc6+ Kb8 27. Rb5#) 21. a3 Qc5+ (21. cxb5 ?! {is
clearly weaker} 22. Qxb5+ Kc8 23. Qa6+ Kd7 24. Qc6+ Kc8 25. Qa6+ Kb8 26. Qb5+ Ka8 27. Qc6+ Kb8
28. Qb5+ =) (21... Rxd5 ?! 22. Bxc6 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rd2+ 24. Kh1 Rxb2 25. Be4 -+) 22. Rxc5 Bxc5+ 23.
Kf1 cxb5 24. Qxb5+ Bb6 -+) 20... Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qb6 (21... f5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 22. Rf1 -+) 22.
b3 (22. Rf1 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} a5 -+) 22... Rd6 (22... f5 {seems even better} 23. Rf1 f4 24. Qc4
-+) 23. Rc1 (23. Rf1 {doesn't change anything anymore} Bf8 -+) 23... Rgd8 (23... f5 {and Black can already
relax} 24. b4 -+) 24. h3 (24. Qg4 {is not much help} Qd4 25. Qf3 -+) 24... Rxd5 (Better is 24... f5 -+
{finishes off the opponent}) 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Qe8+ Kb7 27. Qxf7 Qd6 28. Qxg7 Rd1+ (Better is 28...
f5 !? -/+) 29. Rxd1 =/+ Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Qd6 31. Qxh6 e4+ 32. Kg1 (Better is 32. Kh1 !? =/+ {might be a
viable alternative}) 32... Qd4+ -/+ 33. Kh2 (33. Kh1 !? e3 34. Qh5 -+) 33... e3 -+ 34. Qh5
Qe5+ ?? {ignoring the path to victory} (Better is 34... Qf4+ {would have given Black the upper hand} 35.
Kh1 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 c6 37. Qf7+ Kb6 -+) 35. Qxe5 +- fxe5 36. Kg3 e4 (36... Kc6 { otherwise it's curtains at
once} 37. Kf3 e2 38. Kxe2 Kd5 +-) 37. h4 Kc6 38. h5 Kd5 39. h6 Kd4 40. h7 Kd3 41. h8=Q e2 42. Kf2
Kd2 43. Qd4+ (43. Qd4+ Kc2 44. Kxe2 Kb1 45. Qxe4+ Kxa2 46. Kd3 Kb2 47. Qe5+ Kb1 48. Qe1+ Kb2
49. Qc3+ Kb1 50 Qc2+ Ka1 51. Kc3 c5 52. Qb2#) 1-0
Accepted Line 7: 1. c4 e5 2. e3 d5 3. f4 d4 4. Nf3 dxe3 5.Nxe5
N5 played the 2d5 line of the gambit and decided to pin my knight at e5 to my king with the move Qe7.
N5 later won my N at h4 but his queen got trapped and was forced to exchange his queen for my rook at f4.
I believe N5s problems began with the move Qe7 which caused piece coordination problems.
Evilone(1944)-N5(1850) Playchess.com 8/19/04 Game 5 min
1. c4 e5 2. e3 d5 3. f4 d4 4. Nf3 {A new line in the Kahiko-Hula Gambit.} dxe3 5. Nxe5 exd2+ 6. Bxd2 Qe7
7. Be2 f6 8. Nf3 Qc5 9. b4 Qf5 10. O-O Bd6 11. c5 Be7 12. Nc3 Nh6 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. f5 Qd4+ {It appears
that I missed this move in my calculations. Now my N drops.} 15. Kh1 Qxh4 16. Rf4 Qg5 17. Ne4 {I was
quite surprised Black droped his Q after picking off my N.} Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf5 19. Bc4 {To prevent Black
from castling kingside.} Nc6 20. b5 Ncd4 21. g4 Be6 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Bc1 Nfd4 24. Bb2 O-O-O 25.
Qa4 {It is still not that easy to crack Black's postion. White has to somehow weaken Black's kingside
position.} Kb8 26. b6 cxb6 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Nc3 Nc5 29. Qc4 Rc8 30. a4 Nc6 31. Qb5 Bd8 32. Nd5 Na7
33. Qb4 Na6 34. Qf4+ Ka8 35. Bd4 Nc5 36. Qe3 { Probably better was 36.a5 which further weakens
Black's kingside position} Bc7 37. a5 Nc6 38. axb6+ Kb8 39. bxc7+ Rxc7 40. Nxc7 Kxc7 41. Bxc5 Rd8
42. Qf4+ Kd7 43. Qd6+ Ke8 44. Qe6+ 1-0
Ancient Dance - The Kahiko-Hula Gambit:

the Gambit Declined
Declined Line 1: 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 e4
Declined Line 2: 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. fxe5 Ng4 7. exd6 Bxd6
Declined Line 1: 1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nf6 3.f4 e4
Analysis by Nakamura/Fritz8
TB94 played 3e4 which declined the gambit. TB94 missed a combination in the middle of the board that
could have given TB94 the advantage. White proceeded to develop his pieces slowly but surely. TB94 sacs
his knight for 2 pawns to attack my kingside but this knight sac proved to be unsound and white was able to
defend his kingside with no problems. White then went on the counter attack on Blacks king.
Evilone(1871)-TB94(1993) Playchess.com 3/11/04 Game 5min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 Nf6 2. e3 e5 3. f4 e4 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd2 c5 7. d5 {White
gets more space} (7. a3 !? Bxc3 8. Bxc3 (8. bxc3 </- d6 =/+) 8... cxd4 9. Qxd4 +/=) 7... d6 =/+ 8. g3 Bg4 9.
Be2 Bf5 10. h3 {Controls g4} a6 {Consolidates b5} (10... Bc8 !? =/+) 11. a3 Ba5 12. g4 Bd7 13. Bf1 (Better
is 13. g5 Ne8 14. Nxe4 +/=) 13... Re8 ?? {gives the opponent new chances } (13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 (14. cxd5
Qh4+ 15. Ke2 Bxg4+ 16. hxg4 Qxh1 =) 14...Qh4+ 15. Ke2 Bxg4+ 16. hxg4 Qxh1 17. Bxa5 Qh2+ 18. Ke1
Qxg1 19. Kd2 +/-) 14. Bg2 (Better is 14. g5 +- {the advantage is on the side of White}) 14... h6 15. Nge2
b5 {Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base} 16. b3 Qc8 (16... Bc8 17. Ng3 +/=) 17. O-O (17. g5 hxg5 18.
fxg5 Nh7 19. Nxe4 Qc7 +/-) 17... Bd8 18. Ng3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nxg4 ? (19... Be7 +-) 20. hxg4 (20. Ncxe4
{seems even better} Rxe4 21.Nxe4 Nf6 22. Nxd6 Qc7 +-) 20... Bxg4 21. Qc2 (Better is 21. Qa4 Bd7 22.
Qb3 +-) 21... Bh3 ? (Better is 21... f5 +-) 22. Ncxe4 (22. Ngxe4 ?! Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qf5 +-) 22... Bxg2 (22...
Qg4 {is not much help} 23. Rf3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 +-) 23. Kxg2 Be7 24. Nf2 Nd7 25. Bc3 Bf6 26. e4
Bxc3 (26... Qc7 {is no salvation} 27. Nf5 +-) 27. Qxc3 Nf6 (27... Qd8 {does not win a prize} 28. Nf5 Qf6
29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Nxd6 +-) 28. Rae1 (Better is 28. Nf5 {makes it even easier for White} Qc7 +-) 28...
Ng4 (28... Qc7 {does not help much} 29. Nf5 Nh5 30. Kf3 +-) 29. e5 (Better is 29. Nf5 {and White has
triumphed} Nf6 30. Rh1 h5 +-) 29... dxe5 (29... Nxf2 {does not improve anything} 30. Rxf2 Qg4 31.
Qf3 (Bettter is 31. exd6 Rab8 +-) 31...Qxf3+ 32. Rxf3 +-) 30. fxe5 Nxf2 31. Rxf2 Qg4 (31... Qd8 {does not
improve anything} 32. Qf3 Ra7 33. Nf5 +-) 32. Re4 Qg6 33. Qf3 Rab8 (33... h5 {is still a small chance} 34.
Kh2 Ra7 +-) 34. Rg4 Qh7 (34... Rb3 {doesn't improve anything} 35. Qf4 Rxg3+ 36. Rxg3 +-) 35. Nh5 Kh8
36. Rxg7 (36. Nf6 Rxe5 37. Nxh7 f5 +-) 36... Qxg7+ (36... Rg8 {there is nothing else anyway} 37. Rxg8+
Qxg8+ 38. Kh3 Qg5 +-) 37. Nxg7 (37. Nxg7 Rg8 38. Qf6 Rxg7+ 39. Kh2 +-) 1-0
Declined Line 2: 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 d6

4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. fxe5 Ng4 7. exd6 Bxd6
This game was interesting because Nenegko played a counter gambit and had some good tactics. However
White was able to defend his position and was able to win blacks queen and the game.
Clyde Nakamura(2100)-Nenegko(1862) Playchess.com 11/14/04 Game 5min

{A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. fxe5 Ng4 7. exd6
Bxd6 8. Be2 Nxh2 9. Nxh2 (9. Rxh2 ? Bxh2 10. d4 Bg3+ 11. Kd2 Bf5 -+) 9... Qh4+ 10. Kf1 Bxh2 11. d4
Nc6 (11... Re8 12. Qe1 Qxe1+ 13. Kxe1 Bg3+ 14. Kd2 +/=) 12. Bf3 Qg3 ?? (Better is 12... Ne7 +/= {and
Black has air to breath}) 13. Bd2 (Better is 13. Bxc6 !? {and White can already relax} Bg4 14. Bf3 f5
+-) 13... Be6 (13... Ne7 14. Be1 Qd6 15. c5 +-) 14. d5 Rfd8 (14... Qe5 15. Ne2 (15. dxc6 ?! Bxc4+ 16. Ne2
Rad8 +-) 15... Rad8 16. Qe1 +- (16. dxc6 ?! Qxb2 17. Qb1 Rxd2 18. Rxh2 Qxb1+ 19. Rxb1 bxc6 +-) (16.
dxe6 ?! Qxb2 17. Rxh2 Rxd2 +-)) 15. dxe6 (15. dxc6 ?! Bxc4+ 16. Ne2 Qd6 +-) 15... fxe6 16. Qe1 (Better is
16. Ne4 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qh4 +-) 16... Qe5 ? (16... Ne5 17. Bc1 Nxf3 18. Qxg3 Nd2+ 19. Bxd2
Bxg3 +-) 17. Rd1 (Better is 17. Ne4 !? {might be the shorter path} Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Rf8 +-) 17... Bg3 18.
Qe2 Nb4 (18...Qf6 +- {desperation}) 19. a3 (19. Rh5 {makes it even easier for White} Qf6 20. Ne4 Qxb2
21. Nxg3 c6 +-) 19... Nd3 (19... Nc6 {does not help much} 20. Rh5 Qf6 21. Ne4 Qxb2 22. Nxg3 Qxa3 23.
Be4 +-) 20. Ne4 (20. Bxb7 ?! {is no comparison} Rab8 21. Rh5 Qf6+ 22. Bf3 Nf2 +-) 20... Nxb2 21. Rb1
Nd3 (21... Rf8 { praying for a miracle} 22. Nxg3 Qxg3 23. Rxb2 b6 +-) 22. Rh5 (22. Rxb7 ?! {is a bad
alternative} Qa1+ 23. Qd1 Qxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nf2 25. Nxg3 Rxd2 +/-) 22...g5 (22... Rd7 {a fruitless try to
alter the course of the game} 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Bg4 +-) 23. Rxg5+ Qxg5 24. Nxg5 (24. Nxg5 Nc5 25. Bb4
+-) 1-0
Wassilij-89 plays an early Nc6 and declines the gambit pawn at f4 with the e4 pawn push. But black gets into
trouble and cannot castle because of the white bishop aiming at the black king position. White later controls
the c3 to h8 diagonal and posts a rook on the seventh rank which wins the game.
Clyde Nakamura(2100)-Wassilij-89 Playchess.com 5/8/04 Game 5min
{A20: English Opening: 1...e5 A20: English Opening: 1...e5} 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nc6 3. f4 e4 {Black declines the
gambit with this last move.} 4. Nc3 f5 5. d3 exd3 6. Bxd3 d6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O g6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4
Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Be7 (11...Bg7 12. Ng5 +/-) 12. Bd5 Nb4 13. Ng5 (13. Qa4+ !? c6 14. Qxb4 cxd5 15. cxd5 +/-
) 13... Nxd5 +/= 14. Qxd5 {White inhibits 0-0} Bxg5 ?? {further deteriorates the position} (Better is 14...
Rf8 +/-) 15. fxg5 +- (15. Qxg5 ?! Qxg5 16. fxg5 Bf5 =) 15... Bf5 (15... Rf8 16. Re1+ Kd7 17. c5 +-) 16.
Bd2 (Better is 16. g4 +- {and White wins}) 16... c6 17. Rfe1+ (17. Rae1+ Kd7 18. Qf7+ Kc8 +-) 17...
Kf8 (17... Kd7 !? 18. Qf7+ Kc8 +/-) 18. Qf3 +- h5 (18... Kg8 +-) 19. gxh6 Kg8 (19... Qh4 20. h3 Kg8
+-) 20. g4 Bd7 21. Bc3 ?? {forfeits the advantage} (Better is 21. Qd3 {seems even better} Qf6 22. h3
+-) 21...Qg5 ?? (21... Rxh6 22. Bf6 Qf8 23. Re7 +/-) 22. h3 (Better is 22. Bxh8 {nails it down} Bxg4 23.
Qf6 Qxf6 24. Bxf6 +-) 22... Rxh6 +/- 23. Rad1 Rf8 24.Qg3 Qc5+ (24... Rh7 !? +/-) 25. Bd4 +- Qxc4 26.
Re7
26...Bxg4 ?? {but even a better move would not

have saved the game} (26... Rf7 27.Qxd6 Rxe7
28.Qxe7 Qf7 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 +-) 27.Qxg4 Rf7
28.Rxf7 (28.Qc8+ Rf8 29.Rg7+ Kh8 30.Qxf8+
Qg8 31.Qxg8#) 28...Kxf7 (28...Qxf7 {there is
nothing else anyway} 29.Bc3 Qf5 30.Rxd6
Qxg4+ 31.hxg4 Kf7 +-) 29.Rf1+ (29.Rf1+
Qxf1+ 30.Kxf1 +-) (29.Qd7+ Kf8 30.Qg7+ Ke8
31.Re1+ Qe2 32.Rxe2+ Kd8 33.Qf8+ Kc7
34.Re7#) 1-0
CONCLUSION
The Kahiko-Hula Gambit is still relatively very new and consequently there are no other sample games but
my games. Initially I had played a few games on the internet and tested it in games against my computer
software chess programs. I later tested it against human opponents on the internet and was quite surprised
that this gambit was very effective and quite deadly.
In the gambit accepted lines, White has very active pieces and full mobility to quickly strike a decisive blow
to win the game. Black may attempt to prevent White from castling kingside by playing Bc5 but White can
safely castle queenside. The accepted lines where Black does an early Qe7 check favors White. Blacks
main problem in this accepted line is the coordination of his minor pieces. In this same line Black can win
the white rook by playing the early Nf2 check after White has castled kingside, but even this favors White
because it leaves Black without another defender on the black kingside castled position.
This gambit is still a work in progress. The theory of this gambit has just begun and only the future will tell
if this gambit is indeed playable. For those who do want to play this gambit I have at least provided a road
map to some of the tactics and strategy that are possible. May the force be with you.

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The Omega Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.

Clyde Nakamura Scott Roods

Omega Gambit Accepted

Main accepted line

1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3

Evilone (2067) sss20 (1910)

II 4g6 (Black plays a king side fianchetto.)

Evilone (2019) Stryker (2000)

Evilone (1954) Gleichmut (1924)

III 4b6 (Black plays a queen side fianchetto.)

Evilone (1928) Third-Day (2122)

Evilone (2041) Zero (2144)

Evilone (2076) Godmode (2510)

Evilone (2176) MrsLovett (2793)

V 4c5 (And Black plays g6.)

Robert Reynolds Harold Winston

VI 4d5 (And Black also plays c5)

Jack Young (National Master) Par Excellence

Final Position after 31.Qh6+

Evilone (2100)Zebbile (2042)

The Other Main Accepted Line

Evilone (1902) Joker III (2187)

1.d4 Nf6 2.e4

Black can decline the gambit by playing:

4. h3 Bg7 5. g4 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g5

12...Bg7 13. h4 Nb6 14. b3

14...h5 15. Nf3 a5 16.a4 Nbd7 17. Bh6

Evilone (1905) JustPlainEd (2000)

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. g4

12...Ne7 13. Rhg1 c5 14. Rdf1 b5 15. Ng3

15...b4 16. Nb1 c4

17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5

21... Bd4 22. Rh3 Be3+ 23. Kd1

My R is hanging but my opponent faces mate in 1.

Evilone (1941)-DoctorHeart (1905)

This line was suggested by Fritz8.

If 28...Kg2 or 28..Kf7, 29.Qf8+ and checkmate.

Evilone (1953) Estes (1891)

16. Nxf7 O-O

If 16...Qxf7 17.Bg6 and Black's Q drops.

17. Qg6 1-0

Evilone (2013)-Danny (2040)

Another N chase variation. That is very interesting.

31... Kd7 32. Rf7+ Kc8 33. Rxf8 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d5 An interesting Omega Gambit Declined line.

Warren Dr. Selman

3. dxe5 Nxe4 4. a3 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. g3

The Franco-Hiva Gambit

THE FRANCO-HIVA GAMBIT ACCEPTED

There are 4 variations in the Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted. They are:

Variation 1 Main Line (This is the line most often played.)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.exf5 Nf6

Variation 2 (This is the 2nd most often played line.)

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6

Variation 3 (I have not seen this line too often.)

1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6

1.e4 e6 2.d3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6

Variation 1 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 4.fxe6 Bd6 5.exd7+ Bxd7

Variation 2 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 4.fxe6 Bd6 5.exd7+ Bxd7

Kabindra (1867) Evilone (2078)

Wrahsem (2163) Evilone (2099)

Your opponent could castle Queenside. Below is an example of White castling

Rodewinner1 (2014) Evilone (2002)