Chess Openings – Halloween Gambit
The Halloween Gambit is a risky option as it requires the player to sacrifice the main piece which is the knight. This gambit is a bit aggressive compared to the others where the white sacrifices the knight just for a pawn. Kevin brings an example of a game played at a top level to explain the specifics of this gambit at www.chesswebsite.com
Here the game starts with white moving e4 and black responding with e5. Then white moves knight to f3 and black responds the same with nc6. Again white moves nc3 to which, black responds with nf6. The game position is more less moving the same from both sides which increases the tension interestingly.
So, after the first 3 moves, white moves nf3xe5 to capture the pawn, which puts the knight in a sacrificial position, which means black, will soon capture ne5 by moving nc6. The next option to this for white would be to push the pawn to d4 which is obviously attacking the black knight in e5. This move forces black to move back to c6 or g6 which is an advantage for white to add more pressure to the opponent by pushing the pawn further up from d4 to d5. This obviously makes black avoid the pawn and move the knight to e6. The whole strategy is about applying pressure on the opponent and you can see how the next move progresses in the following video.
