shadowdancerRFW Says:

Aug 2, 2010 - @Thymonico "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." (Bruce Lee) Just replace kick with opening. Instead of trying to learn all openings you should spend more time learning one well, with all it's variations, and then you'll be really good. Gambits are strong, but generally if they are declined, you lose position.

TheAdrenalineLife Says:

Aug 5, 2010 - a couple of my games worth to mention here, with tactics from this video. Thanks much for this cool vid! game.high-scores .ru/108035 game.high-scores .ru/107990 game.high-scores .ru/107249 (remove the space before .ru in urls above to see the game)

TheAdrenalineLife Says:

Aug 5, 2010 - Besides, after the combination on 7:54 in this video (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6 5.Nf7 Qe7 6.Nxh8 d5) white bishop can just take black attacking pawn on d5, and then, after it's recaptured by the black knight Nxd5, then black can get a check Qh5, and then after black king moves, or a move like g6, then black knight is simply taken by white Qxd5. so black in fact loses his kingside rook.

TheAdrenalineLife Says:

Aug 5, 2010 - Also, i Have a question what moves will be the best after variation on minute 4:33 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Bc5 4.exf5 Bxf2+ 5.Kxf2 Qh4+) when white plays g3 at this position. I have seen g3 very often and then I simply give another check by Qd4+ and then taking knight on e5. After that move white often tries to exchange queens by Qe1 or Qe2. what moves do you recommend actually after g3 ?

thegambitking Says:

Aug 7, 2010 - @TheAdrenalineLife I'll play that line against you anytime! Black actually wins usually! How about a correspondence game with Black's position after your suggested 7th move? I'll message you on Youtube if you want (just tell me in the comments here if you're up for it!)

thegambitking Says:

Aug 7, 2010 - @mastermagicman Hey, I love helping people with the Latvian Gambit, and a while back, I created a website mainly devoted to the 3. ...Bc5 variation! In fact, I kind of think that this "thechesswebsite" got some of his ideas from me, but it's all good ;P I'm probably going to take a break from chess for a while, but I'd really like to play you in a practice correspondence game (just message me and we can exchange moves)!

thegambitking Says:

Aug 7, 2010 - @mastermagicman In the position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5, if Black plays ...Nc6 it is known as the Fraser Defence. This is definitely one of my favourite variations in the Latvian Gambit, especially recently as I've done quite a bit of analysis in it! If you'd like, I could send you a monograph (word document) that's pretty long and covers nearly all of the variations... just give me your e-mail if you want! And remember, I'd like to play a practice correspondence game as well!

thegambitking Says:

Aug 7, 2010 - @mastermagicman To answer your question specifically, after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Nxg6 Nf6 6. Qh3, Black has two different ways to play the position--and I have found novelties in both of them! 6. ...hxg6 is an exchange sacrifice, and after 7. Qxh8 Qe7 Black has good compensation. 6. ...fxe4 is the sacrifice of a whole rook!!! After 7. Nxh8 d5 attacks the White queen and if Black's position is kept solid he has a great initiative!

Cubaoness Says:

Aug 10, 2010 - hey kevin, i was just wondering if knight to F6 is a good move after whites knight takes e4,and if its bad,why?

Cubaoness Says:

Aug 10, 2010 - hey kevin, i was just wondering if knight to F6 is a good move after whites knight takes e4,and if its bad,why?

Cubaoness Says:

Aug 10, 2010 - hey kevin, i was just wondering if knight to F6 is a good move after whites knight takes e4,and if its bad,why?

Cubaoness Says:

Aug 10, 2010 - hey kevin, i was just wondering if knight to F6 is a good move after whites knight takes e4,and if its bad,why?

tufosanta Says:

Aug 12, 2010 - on 5:25 instead of Kf6 cant u just play something like d6 or Kc6 to kick the knight away then Qh5 to win the white queen? nice video about the latvian!! really loved this WTF IS THIS GUY DOING?! oppening!

bubleeshaark Says:

Aug 14, 2010 - At 05:05, if blacks queen moves down to h5, he skewers the king and takes the queen.

thegambitking Says:

Aug 15, 2010 - @Cubaoness It's actually one of the best new novelties in the Latvian Gambit! However, recently I've lost some games with it... if you want a practise game though just message me here! I have some good ideas and websites, but I can't really post them here because Youtube doesn't let me LOL...

thegambitking Says:

Aug 15, 2010 - @Cubaoness I'm assuming you mean Nf6 (Kt-KB3) after Nxe5 (KtxP) ... and yeah that can be a good move... message me if you want to hear more about it!

thegambitking Says:

Aug 15, 2010 - @bubleeshaark That would work, except for the fact that unfortunately, White can block the check with either the knight or his g-pawn (knight's pawn).

thegambitking Says:

Aug 15, 2010 - @tufosanta You should say Nf6 or Nc6, because "K" refers to king, so we use "N" for knight... actually, both of the moves you mentioned are quite possible (I myself love Nc6), but you should keep in mind that if you play d6, White can kick away your queen first with g3... anyways, I have a site I could share with you that would help you a lot, and would be very willing to play practise games with you. Message me if you want to hear more!

bubleeshaark Says:

Aug 16, 2010 - @bubleeshaark Yes I later realized this, thanks for the correction. Can I ask you a question? I always seem to overlook stupid things (as such), or even other things like placing a valuable piece in the line of site of another piece with not even protection. How do I prevent this?

tufosanta Says:

Aug 16, 2010 - @thegambitking hey man thx for the response! i always loved unusual opening such as this! i would like to try playing some games with u... and if u can plz pass me the site u own so i can check it out too!

thegambitking Says:

Aug 16, 2010 - @bubleeshaark I'm assuming this comment is directed at me? Anyways, I'd be happy trying to help you improve your game... just message me! It'd be a lot better than clogging up all this comment space here--anyways, though, it's always good to convert someone new to the Latvian Gambit! I'll tell you more after you message me--looking forward to hearing from you!

Cubaoness Says:

Aug 24, 2010 - @thegambitking,hey i wanna hear more,do you have a chesscube account?

thegambitking Says:

Aug 24, 2010 - @Cubaoness Yes, actually--even though my Chess.com account is a little more active. I'm Kinggreco at Chesscube, and Gambitking at Chess.com

koma1997 Says:

Aug 28, 2010 - hey, kev, i have a question. i have rybka 4 and 3 how do i play in sandbox i mean where you get to play out the moves?like when i play 1.e4 the comp automatically plays nc6(nimzowisch) when i wanna move from both black and white. i wanted to upload a few endgame vids actually.

tufosanta Says:

Aug 31, 2010 - on 4:13 if instead white plays d4? black is kinda lost imo...