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| Howard Staunton |
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| (1810-1874) |
The Staunton Gambit 1.d4 f5 2.e4
1. d4 f5 2. e4 d6 you can decline this gambit with d6 as in the
Balough defense but then 3.exf5 Bxf5 4.Qf3!!! gives white an extra tempo and edge
as in the game below
[Event "?"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1923.??.??"] [White "Euwe,Max"] [Black "Weenink,Henri"] [Round "?"] [Result
"1-0"] [ECO "A82"] 1. d4 f5 2. e4 d6 3. exf5 Bxf5 4. Qf3 Qc8 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O Qd7 9. c4 O-O-O 10.
Re1 Nf6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Na3 Be7 13. b4 Rhf8 14. b5 Nd8 15. Nc2 Nh5 16. a4 g5 17. a5 g4 18. Ng5 d5 19. b6 cxb6 20. axb6 a6
21. c5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Nc6 23. Reb1 Qg7 24. Be3 Kd7 25. Nb4 Nxb4 26. Rxb4 Rc8 27. Rxa6 bxa6 28. b7 Rb8 29. Qxa6 Qe7 30. Bg5
Qxg5 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. Qxb8+ Kf7 33. Qxf8+ Kxf8 34. b8=Q+ 1-0
The Tartakower Variation 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4
4..h6 5.g5 hxg5 6.Bxg5 d5 7.f3 Bf5 8.Bg2 exf3 9.Qxf3(9.Qxf3 is a Gambit of an extra
pawn White has to be careful here) if 9...Bxc2 then white should go 10.h4! to open a line
for his king bishop h3-c8)
[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "2005.12.3"] [Round ""] [White "bradzang"] [Black "Chessmaster"] [TimeControl "?"]
[Result "*"] 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4 h6 5.g5 hxg5 6.Bxg5 d5 7.f3 Bf5 8.Bg2 exf3 9.Qxf3 Bxc2 10.h4 Nc6 11.Nge2 e6
12.O-O Be7 13.Bh3 Kf7 14.Qf2 Bd6 15.Nb5 e5 16.Nf4 exf4 17.Qxc2 Re8 18.Bg2 Kf8 19.Qd2 a6 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxf4 Re6 22.Raf1 Rae8
23.Qd3 R8e7 24.h5 Rf7 25.h6 gxh6 26.Bxh6+ Ke8 27.Bg5 Ne7 28.Qf3 Neg8 29.a3 c5 30.Qf2 cxd4 31.Qxd4 Qb6 32.Qxb6 Rxb6 33.a4 Rd6
34.R1f3 d4 35.Rd3 Rfd7 36.Bh4 Nh5 37.Re4+ Kf7 38.Bf2 Ne7 39.Rh4 Nf6 40.Rdxd4 Rxd4 41.Rxd4 Rxd4 42.Bxd4
If 9...e6 then 10.O-O-O gambits the exchange 10..Bg4 but 11.Qe3!!!
gives white a nice attack on blacks King
[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "2005.11.23"] [Round ""] [White "bradzang"] [Black "Chessmaster"] [TimeControl "?"]
[Result "*"] 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4 h6 5.g5 hxg5 6.Bxg5 d5 7.f3 Bf5 8.Bg2 exf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.O-O-O Bg4 11.Qe3 Bxd1
12.Qxe6+ Be7 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nxd5 Nd7 15.Kxd1 c6 16.Ne3 Ne5 17.Nf5 Ng6 18.Qe4 Qd7 19.Ne2 Kf8 20.Qg4 Rg8 21.Qh5 Bd8 22.Rg1
Ne7 23.Qh6+ Ke8 24.Ng7+ Rxg7 25.Qxg7 Qe6 26.Nf4 Qf7 27.Qh8+ Kd7 28.Bh3+ f5
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